Vase
c.1950-60 (made)
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The copper body has an applied silver rim and base plate with the jungin mark. The matt black ground is decorated with a single silver yusen orchid in subtle and sensuous (particularly the interior of the flower) shades of pink and white with yellow highlights. The lily's leaves are faintly depicted in the background using silver shosen. The counter-enamel is a glossy black. The base carries the silver yusen mark of the Ando Company.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Cloisonné enamel vase decorated with a silver single <i>yusen</i> (with wire) enamel orchid. |
| Brief description | Cloisonné enamel vase decorated with a single orchid flower, mark of the Ando Company, Nagoya, Japan, c.1950-60. |
| Physical description | Cloisonné enamel vase decorated with a single orchid flower bearing the mark of the Ando Company. The vase has a copper body with an applied silver rim and base-plate with the jungin (pure silver mark). |
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| Content description | orchid |
| Marks and inscriptions | (Mark of the Ando Company.) |
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| Credit line | Given by Edwin Davies |
| Summary | The copper body has an applied silver rim and base plate with the jungin mark. The matt black ground is decorated with a single silver yusen orchid in subtle and sensuous (particularly the interior of the flower) shades of pink and white with yellow highlights. The lily's leaves are faintly depicted in the background using silver shosen. The counter-enamel is a glossy black. The base carries the silver yusen mark of the Ando Company. |
| Bibliographic reference | Japanese Cloisonne
Irvine, Gregory. Japanese Cloisonné. (London:V&A Publications, 2006), p. 122. |
| Other number | ED 304 - Edwin Davies collection number |
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| Accession number | FE.70:1, 2-2011 |
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| Record created | February 16, 2011 |
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