On display

This object consists of 2 parts, some of which may be located elsewhere.

Vase

c.1912-26 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

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

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Stand
  • Vase
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.
Dimensions
  • Height: 30cm
  • Width: 20cm
Content description
beans, bean-pods
Marks and inscriptions
(Mark of the Ando Company.)
Gallery label
Vase with a flowering legume
About 1910
Mark of the Andō Company
Nagoya
Copper with cloisonné and moriage (raised) enamels, silver wires; silver-gilt rims
Edwin Davies Gift
Museum no. FE.77:1-2011
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.
Bibliographic references
  • Japanese Cloisonne Irvine, Gregory. Japanese Cloisonné. (London:V&A Publications, 2006), p. 133.
  • Japanese Cloisonne Enamels Irvine, Gregory. Japanese Cloisonné Enamels. (London: V&A Publishing, 2011). pl. 48.
Other number
ED 324 - Edwin Davies collection number
Collection
Accession number
FE.77:1, 2-2011

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Record createdFebruary 23, 2011
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