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Pair of Vases


Pair of Japanese vases with cloisonne enamel on porcelain, signed ‘Dai Nippon Seizō Shippō Kaisha kō Suzuki Seiichirō’ c.1875-80
大日本製造七宝会社工鈴木清一郎

Object details

Object type
Pair of vases
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Vase
  • Vase
Brief description
Pair of Japanese vases with cloisonne enamel on porcelain, signed ‘Dai Nippon Seizō Shippō Kaisha kō Suzuki Seiichirō’ c.1875-80
大日本製造七宝会社工鈴木清一郎
Gallery label
Pair of vases with flowers and butterflies
About 1875-80

The Nagoya Cloisonné Company was founded in 1871. It is credited with the invention of the difficult technique of applying cloisonné enamels to porcelain.

Signed ‘Suzuki Seiichirō, craftsman of the [Nagoya] Cloisonné Company, Great Japan’
Nagoya
Cloisonné enamels on porcelain painted in underglaze blue
Edwin Davies Fund
Museum no. FE.95-2016
Credit line
Purchased by the Edwin Davies Fund
Collection
East Asia Collection
Accession number
FE.95:1, 2-2016

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Record createdJune 9, 2016
Record URL
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