Vase
c.1912-26 (made)
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The copper body has an applied silver rim and silver base plate with the jungin mark. The blue enamel ground is covered with a design of abstract geometric scrolling flowers in silver yusen and shosen. The flowers, possibly based on a form of tree peony, and leaves are executed in subtle shades of blue that complement the ground colour. The counter-enamel is a dark matt-brown colour, as is the interior of the foot, which has the silver yusen mark of the Ando Company. Stylistically, and according to the Ando Company archives, the vase is likely to date to the Taisho period (1912-1926).
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Cloisonné enamel vase with the mark of the Ando Company. The scrolling flower decoration is in <i>shosen</i> (few wires technique) and <i>yusen</i> (with wires technique). |
| Brief description | Cloisonné enamel vase decorated with scrolling flowers, mark of the Ando Company, Nagoya, Japan, c.1912-26. |
| Physical description | Cloisonné enamel vase decorated with scrolling flowers. The body of the vase is copper with an applied silver rim and silver base plate with the jungin (pure silver) mark. |
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| Content description | flowers |
| Marks and inscriptions | (Mark of the Ando Company.) |
| Credit line | Given by Edwin Davies |
| Summary | The copper body has an applied silver rim and silver base plate with the jungin mark. The blue enamel ground is covered with a design of abstract geometric scrolling flowers in silver yusen and shosen. The flowers, possibly based on a form of tree peony, and leaves are executed in subtle shades of blue that complement the ground colour. The counter-enamel is a dark matt-brown colour, as is the interior of the foot, which has the silver yusen mark of the Ando Company. Stylistically, and according to the Ando Company archives, the vase is likely to date to the Taisho period (1912-1926). |
| Bibliographic reference | Japanese Cloisonne
Irvine, Gregory. Japanese Cloisonné. (London:V&A Publications, 2006), p. 85 |
| Other number | ED 269 - Edwin Davies collection number |
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| Accession number | FE.43:1, 2-2011 |
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| Record created | February 16, 2011 |
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