Vase
c.1912-26 (made)
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The copper body has an applied silver rim, a silver-gilt inner neck and a silver base plate. The semi-matt pale aubergine ground has been decorated in silver yusen with a trailing and flowering legume in shades of green and white enamels in low moriage. Areas of the flowers, bean-pods, leaves and stems are delicately raised above the surface of the vase to create an elegant, naturalistic and almost three-dimensional composition. The counter-enamel is of the typical dark matt brown associated with the Ando Company. This is also used on the base, where the mark of the Ando Company has been applied in silver yusen and filled with white enamel.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Cloisonné enamel vase with a design in low <i>moriage</i> (layers of enamel in relief) and <i>yusen</i> (few wires) enamel. |
| Brief description | Cloisonné enamel vase decorated with flowering legumes, mark of the Ando Company, Nagoya, Japan, 1912-26. |
| Physical description | Cloisonné enamel vase decorated with flowering legumes bearing the mark of the Ando Company. This vase has a copper body with an applied silver rim, silver-gilt inner neck and silver base-plate. |
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| Content description | beans, bean-pods |
| 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, a silver-gilt inner neck and a silver base plate. The semi-matt pale aubergine ground has been decorated in silver yusen with a trailing and flowering legume in shades of green and white enamels in low moriage. Areas of the flowers, bean-pods, leaves and stems are delicately raised above the surface of the vase to create an elegant, naturalistic and almost three-dimensional composition. The counter-enamel is of the typical dark matt brown associated with the Ando Company. This is also used on the base, where the mark of the Ando Company has been applied in silver yusen and filled with white enamel. |
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| Other number | ED 324 - Edwin Davies collection number |
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| Accession number | FE.77:1, 2-2011 |
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| Record created | February 23, 2011 |
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