Vase
ca. 1950-60 (made)
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The vase has a copper body with an applied silver rim and silver base plate, which has the jungin mark. The rich dark green ground is decorated with large-headed yellow and white narcissi in a combination of shaded silver yusen, shosen and musen enamels. The faint colours of the flowers and the vanishing stems have an almost ethereal quality. The decoration is distinctly modern in feel and does not follow or imitate any recognisably traditional Japanese style. The matt counter-enamel is of a similar colour to the ground of the vase; the same enamel has been applied to the base, which has the mark of the Ando Company in silver yusen enamels.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Cloisonné enamel with decoration in <i>yuse</i><i>n</i> (with wires) , <i>shosen</i> (few wires) , and <i>musen</i> (no wires) techniques. |
| Brief description | Cloisonné enamel vase decorated with narcissi, mark of the Ando Company, Nagoya, Japan, c.1912-26. |
| Physical description | Vase with rich green ground decorated with large-headed yellow and white narcissi in a distinctly modern composition. With the mark of the Ando Company. |
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| Content description | narcissi |
| Marks and inscriptions | (With the mark of the Ando Company) |
| Credit line | Given by Edwin Davies |
| Summary | The vase has a copper body with an applied silver rim and silver base plate, which has the jungin mark. The rich dark green ground is decorated with large-headed yellow and white narcissi in a combination of shaded silver yusen, shosen and musen enamels. The faint colours of the flowers and the vanishing stems have an almost ethereal quality. The decoration is distinctly modern in feel and does not follow or imitate any recognisably traditional Japanese style. The matt counter-enamel is of a similar colour to the ground of the vase; the same enamel has been applied to the base, which has the mark of the Ando Company in silver yusen enamels. |
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| Other number | ED 280 - Edwin Davies collection number |
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| Accession number | FE.51:1-2011 |
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| Record created | February 16, 2011 |
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