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Pair of Vases

ca. 1900-10 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

The copper bodies of the vases have applied silver rims, silver-gilt inner neck-rings and silver base plates. Each vase has a design of Little Egrets (Egretta garzetta) in musen and white and grey low-relief moriage (the edges of the egrets are raised above the body of the vases). The ground is of a flambé-style enamel. The two-character mark Hattori has been engraved directly into the silver-gilt interior of the base. The tentative nature of the moriage on these vases may well represent one of the first steps in the development of this technique by Hattori, to whom its invention is often credited.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Vase
  • Vase
Materials and techniques
Cloisonné enamel design in both <i>muse</i><i>n</i> (no wires) and <i>moriage</i> (layers of enamel in relief).
Brief description
Pair of cloisonné enamel vases decorated with a little egrets, mark of Hattori Tadasaburo, Nagoya, Japan, c.1900-10.
Physical description
Pair of vases with design of white and grey little egrets, in relief on a ground of flambé-style enamel. Both with the mark of Hattori Tadasaburo.
Dimensions
  • Height: 12cm
  • Width: 6.5cm
Content description
egrets
Marks and inscriptions
(Both with the mark of Hattori Tadasaburo)
Credit line
Given by Edwin Davies
Summary
The copper bodies of the vases have applied silver rims, silver-gilt inner neck-rings and silver base plates. Each vase has a design of Little Egrets (Egretta garzetta) in musen and white and grey low-relief moriage (the edges of the egrets are raised above the body of the vases). The ground is of a flambé-style enamel. The two-character mark Hattori has been engraved directly into the silver-gilt interior of the base. The tentative nature of the moriage on these vases may well represent one of the first steps in the development of this technique by Hattori, to whom its invention is often credited.
Bibliographic references
  • Japanese Cloisonne Irvine, Gregory. Japanese Cloisonné. (London:V&A Publications, 2006), p. 128.
  • Japanese Cloisonne Enamels Irvine, Gregory. Japanese Cloisonné Enamels. (London: V&A Publishing, 2011). pl. 42.
Other number
ED 309 - Edwin Davies collection number
Collection
Accession number
FE.72:1, 2-2011

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Record createdFebruary 16, 2011
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