Vase
ca. 1890-1900 (made)
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The copper body has an applied silver rim and base plate. The black enamel ground has been decorated in brass yusen enamels with a Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus) perched on a flowering cherry. The leaves and parts of the flowers have been highlighted with shaded enamels to create a naturalistic effect, while the trunk of the tree has additional wires delineating and accentuating details of the bark. Just below the rim there is a band of geometric shippo motifs and around the foot there are abstract floral lappets. The counter-enamel is green. This is also used on the interior of the foot where an unusual brass yusen mark, possibly of the Inaba Company, has been applied.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Cloisonné enamel decorated in brass <i>yusen</i> (few wire) enamels. |
| Brief description | Cloisonné enamel vase decorated with a bird on a flowering cherry branch, possibly the mark of the Inaba Company, Kyoto, Japan, c.1890-1900. |
| Physical description | Vase in black enamel ground decorated with a tree sparrow perched on a flowering cherry, the leaves and flowers of which have been highlighted with shaded enamels to create a naturalistic effect. Possible mark of the Inaba Company. |
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| Content description | sparrow in a flowering cherry |
| Marks and inscriptions | (Possible mark of the Inaba Company) |
| Credit line | Given by Edwin Davies |
| Summary | The copper body has an applied silver rim and base plate. The black enamel ground has been decorated in brass yusen enamels with a Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus) perched on a flowering cherry. The leaves and parts of the flowers have been highlighted with shaded enamels to create a naturalistic effect, while the trunk of the tree has additional wires delineating and accentuating details of the bark. Just below the rim there is a band of geometric shippo motifs and around the foot there are abstract floral lappets. The counter-enamel is green. This is also used on the interior of the foot where an unusual brass yusen mark, possibly of the Inaba Company, has been applied. |
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| Other number | ED 311 - Edwin Davies collection number |
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| Accession number | FE.74-2011 |
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| Record created | February 16, 2011 |
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