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Japanese Decorative Arts of the Meiji Period

A catalogue of the Ashmolean’s Japanese decorative arts from the Meiji period (1868-1912), by Oliver Impey and Joyce Seaman (published Oxford, 2005).

Japanese Decorative Arts of the Meiji Period 1868-1912 by Oliver Impey and Joyce Seaman

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Baluster vase with chrysanthemums and a butterfly

  • Literature notes

    Baluster shaped vase of cloisonné enamel on a copper base. Decorated with chrysanthemums and a butterfly in moriage on a graduated beige/beige-blue ground.
    Signed: seal mark of Andō Jūbei.

    The Andō factory specialised in larger pieces of cloisonné; not the largest, but of considerable size. Eclectic in design, the factory kept up with demand and used most of the innovatory techniques as they appeared. By the first decade of the twentieth century, the factory was fully adapted to the Art Nouveau style, making large-scale pictorial patterns that conformed well to the shapes used, and with the frequent use of raised cloisonné enamel (moriage) that sounds almost like a contradiction in terms. One of the leading factories from the mid Meiji period, that factory is still working.
  • Details

    Associated place
    AsiaJapanHonshūAichi prefecture Nagoya (Andō Company) (place of creation)
    Date
    c. 1900
    Artist/maker
    Andō Jūbei (active 1880 - 1920)
    Associated people
    Andō Company (established 1880) (entrepreneur)
    Material and technique
    copper, with moriage cloisonné enamel decoration
    Dimensions
    41.3 cm (height)
    21 cm (diameter)
    at foot 12.2 cm (diameter)
    Material index
    Technique index
    Object type index
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Purchased with the assistance of the Story Fund, 1998.
    Accession no.
    EA1998.214
  • Further reading

    Impey, Oliver, and Joyce Seaman, Japanese Decorative Arts of the Meiji Period 1868-1912, Ashmolean Handbooks (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2005), no. 40 on p. 84, pp. 8 & 74, illus. pp. 84-85

Glossary (2)

cloisonné, moriage

  • cloisonné

    Decorative technique in which wires are attached to a metal body and coloured enamels are applied between the wires.

  • moriage

    Type of low relief decoration found in ceramics, cloisonné enamel, lacquerware, and painting.

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    Japanese Decorative Arts of the Meiji Period

    Baluster shaped vase of cloisonné enamel on a copper base. Decorated with chrysanthemums and a butterfly in moriage on a graduated beige/beige-blue ground.
    Signed: seal mark of Andō Jūbei.

    The Andō factory specialised in larger pieces of cloisonné; not the largest, but of considerable size. Eclectic in design, the factory kept up with demand and used most of the innovatory techniques as they appeared. By the first decade of the twentieth century, the factory was fully adapted to the Art Nouveau style, making large-scale pictorial patterns that conformed well to the shapes used, and with the frequent use of raised cloisonné enamel (moriage) that sounds almost like a contradiction in terms. One of the leading factories from the mid Meiji period, that factory is still working.
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