Caption

Vase by Hayakawa Komejirô fl. ca. 1880–1912?, late 19th century Meiji period, 1868–1912, Nagoya, Japan. Small ovoid, bulging bottle on a very low round foot framed in silver-plated metal with a short narrow neck and flared spout also framed in silver-plated metal. Body covered with transparent red enamel akasuke technique, developed around 1880 in Nagoya. Motif of water birds—plovers chidori—executed with the yusen technique using thin silver wires, shown flying over foaming waves or perching on the water, combining naturalism and decorative stylization typical of Japanese design. Signature engraved in kanji on the bottom: Hayakawa zo tsukuru. Medium: cloisonné enamel. Vessel height 16.7 cm; diameter 9.9 cm., A circular bowl seen from above with a wide rim in deep red and an inner surface decorated with swirling wave-like patterns in gray and white surrounding a metallic central base in a dull silver tone; a few small areas of darker discoloration appear on the metal, and the background is a flat medium gray.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A25_212

License type

Rights managed

Available size

59.7Mb (983.5Kb) / 14.7in x 15.7in / 4422 x 4717 (300dpi)

Keywords

Vase Hayakawa Komejirô fl ca 1880–1912 late 19th century Meiji period 1868–1912 Nagoya Japan Small ovoid bulging bottle low round foot framed silver-plated metal short narrow neck flared spout also framed Body covered transparent red enamel akasuke technique developed 1880 Motif water birds plovers chidori executed yusen technique using thin silver wires shown flying foaming waves perching water combining naturalism decorative stylization typical Japanese design Signature engraved kanji bottom Hayakawa zo tsukuru Medium cloisonné enamel Vessel height 16.7 cm diameter 9.9 cm circular bowl wide rim deep red inner surface decorated swirling wave- patterns gray white surrounding metallic central base dull silver tone small areas darker discoloration metal background flat medium gray.