Vase
c.1890 (made)
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The copper-bodied vase has an applied silver-gilt rim and inner neck-ring; the silver base plate has a silver-gilt interior. The vase has a nanako ground, its lower part being decorated with a hammered and engraved design of a pair of carp emerging from pondweed into over-hanging wisteria. The vase has been covered with transparent red enamel in the technique known as akasuke, which is believed to have been invented around 1880 by Ota Jinnoei and Honda Yosaburo. The inner base plate carries the mark and engraved five-character signature Nagoya Hayashi Ko[denji].
Object details
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Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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Materials and techniques | Cloisonné enamelled vase with a copper body with transparent red enamel. |
Brief description | Cloisonné enamel vase decorated with carp and wisteria, mark and signature of Hayashi Kodenji, Nagoya, Japan, c.1890 |
Physical description | Cloisonné enamel vase decorated with carp and wisteria. The vase has a copper body with an applied silver-gilt rim and inner neck plate; the silver base-plate has a silver-gilt interior. |
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Content description | carp |
Credit line | Given by Edwin Davies |
Summary | The copper-bodied vase has an applied silver-gilt rim and inner neck-ring; the silver base plate has a silver-gilt interior. The vase has a nanako ground, its lower part being decorated with a hammered and engraved design of a pair of carp emerging from pondweed into over-hanging wisteria. The vase has been covered with transparent red enamel in the technique known as akasuke, which is believed to have been invented around 1880 by Ota Jinnoei and Honda Yosaburo. The inner base plate carries the mark and engraved five-character signature Nagoya Hayashi Ko[denji]. |
Bibliographic reference | Japanese Cloisonne
Irvine, Gregory. Japanese Cloisonné. (London:V&A Publications, 2006), p. 68 |
Other number | ED 245 - Edwin Davies collection number |
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Accession number | FE.28:1, 2-2011 |
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Record created | February 9, 2011 |
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