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Vase

c.1926-89 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

These two shotai-jippo vases have applied chrome-plated rims and base plates. The left-hand vase has a silver yusen and shosen design of maple leaves (momiji) in shaded red and green enamels on a translucent green enamel ground. The right-hand vase has a silver yusen and shosen design of cherry-blossom (sakura) in shades of pink, yellow and green enamels on a translucent pink enamel ground. Both vases have silver yusen geometric patterns around their rims and bases. As a pair, they bring to mind the changing of the seasons, momiji and sakura being the classic signifiers, respectively, of autumn and spring. Very similar pieces were still being produced in Nagoya and sold through the Inaba Company of Kyoto until the late 1990s (and illustrated in brochures of that period).

This description refers to FE.26-2011 and FE.27-2011


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Stand
  • Vase
Materials and techniques
This vase is in <i>shottai-jippo</i> (a technique whereby the metal body is dissolved after firing) together with applied chrome-plated rims and base-plates. The leaves are formed through both <i>yusen</i> (with wires) and <i>shosen</i> (few wires) techniques.
Brief description
Cloisonné enamel bowl decorated with maple leaves, unsigned, Nagoya, Japan, c.1926-89.
Physical description
Cloisonné enamel bowl decorated with maple leaves, in shottai-jippo (a technique whereby the metal body is dissolved after firing) together with applied chrome-plated rims and base-plates.
Dimensions
  • Height: 9cm
  • Width: 8cm
Content description
maple leaves, momiji
Credit line
Given by Edwin Davies
Summary
These two shotai-jippo vases have applied chrome-plated rims and base plates. The left-hand vase has a silver yusen and shosen design of maple leaves (momiji) in shaded red and green enamels on a translucent green enamel ground. The right-hand vase has a silver yusen and shosen design of cherry-blossom (sakura) in shades of pink, yellow and green enamels on a translucent pink enamel ground. Both vases have silver yusen geometric patterns around their rims and bases. As a pair, they bring to mind the changing of the seasons, momiji and sakura being the classic signifiers, respectively, of autumn and spring. Very similar pieces were still being produced in Nagoya and sold through the Inaba Company of Kyoto until the late 1990s (and illustrated in brochures of that period).

This description refers to FE.26-2011 and FE.27-2011
Bibliographic references
  • Japanese Cloisonne Irvine, Gregory. Japanese Cloisonné. (London:V&A Publications, 2006), p.67
  • Japanese Cloisonne Enamels Irvine, Gregory. Japanese Cloisonné Enamels. (London: V&A Publishing, 2011). pl. 50.
Other number
ED 244 - Edwin Davies collection number
Collection
Accession number
FE.27:1, 2-2011

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Record createdFebruary 9, 2011
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