Vase
c.1912-1916 (made)
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The copper body of each of these two vases has a separately applied silver rim and silver base plate. Although not actually a pair, these two vases are variations of the same design. Each is decorated with stylised birds, probably a type of wagtail, in gold yusen with black, grey, white and yellow enamels on a dull green ground. The birds stand beside budding pine boughs rendered in shades of green and brown yusen and shosen enamels. The decorative theme of the vases is that of shochikubai ('Three Friends of Winter' - plum blossom, pine and bamboo): the pine branches are complemented by plum blossoms just under the rim and stylised bamboo leaves just above and around the base. The Three Friends of Winter have long been regarded as symbols of hope and good fortune: bamboo and pine stay green throughout the winter while the plum is the first tree to flower in the spring, thereby signalling the coming end of winter. The inner bases of the vases contain a seal with the two-character mark Hayashi Tani[goro] in gold yusen filled with black enamel.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 3 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | This cloisonne vase has a copper body with an applied silver rim and silver-base plate. The wagtails are in black, grey, white and yellow enamels in gold yusen(with wires technique) and the pine is in shades of green and brown using the yusen and shosen (few wires) techniques. |
| Brief description | Cloisonné enamel vase with decoration of birds, mark of Hayashi Tanigoro, Nagoya, Japan, c.1912-16. |
| Physical description | Cloisonné vase decorated with two wagtails under a budding pine. This vase has a copper body with an applied silver rim and silver-base plate. |
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| Content description | wagtail, birds, pine, bamboo, plum blossom |
| Marks and inscriptions | (Mark of Hayashi Tanigoro) |
| Credit line | Given by Edwin Davies |
| Summary | The copper body of each of these two vases has a separately applied silver rim and silver base plate. Although not actually a pair, these two vases are variations of the same design. Each is decorated with stylised birds, probably a type of wagtail, in gold yusen with black, grey, white and yellow enamels on a dull green ground. The birds stand beside budding pine boughs rendered in shades of green and brown yusen and shosen enamels. The decorative theme of the vases is that of shochikubai ('Three Friends of Winter' - plum blossom, pine and bamboo): the pine branches are complemented by plum blossoms just under the rim and stylised bamboo leaves just above and around the base. The Three Friends of Winter have long been regarded as symbols of hope and good fortune: bamboo and pine stay green throughout the winter while the plum is the first tree to flower in the spring, thereby signalling the coming end of winter. The inner bases of the vases contain a seal with the two-character mark Hayashi Tani[goro] in gold yusen filled with black enamel. |
| Bibliographic reference | Japanese cloisonne
Irvine, Gregory. Japanese Cloisonné. (London:V&A Publications, 2006), p. 48 |
| Other number | ED 266 - Edwin Davies collection number |
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| Accession number | FE.8:1 to 3-2011 |
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| Record created | February 23, 2011 |
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