Caption

Tray, Namikawa Sôsuke 1847–1910, ca. 1890–1900 Meiji Period, Nagoya, Japan. Rectangular tray with rounded corners, height 1.3 cm, width 23.1 cm, depth 17.2 cm. Cloisonné enamel musen and yusen techniques and shakudo metal edge. Obverse: asymmetrical painterly composition showing a white heron standing on one leg beside a clump of white and blue irises; background transitions from bluish at the bottom to cream with a hint of pink, suggesting a delicate auroral glow. Executed largely in musen wireless enamel with sparse wires retained shosen to define the bird’s beak and legs. Reverse: dense cherry blossom ornament in two shades of brown on a matte dark brown enamel ground, flowers executed in cloisonné with gold wires; central silver-wired seal woven with the signature “Sakigake.”, A rectangular object with rounded corners and a thin dark border shows a soft gradient background from beige at the top to pale gray at the bottom, featuring a white bird with a slender yellowish beak and dark legs standing near a cluster of tall green leaves and stems; nearby are blue and white flowers with bluish-purple markings and a small dark blue bud, and the overall palette includes beige, gray, white, green, blue, purple, yellow, and dark brown.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A25_255

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Rights managed

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Keywords

Tray Namikawa Sôsuke 1847–1910 ca 1890–1900 Meiji Period Nagoya Japan Rectangular tray rounded corners height 1.3 cm width 23.1 cm depth 17.2 cm Cloisonné enamel musen yusen techniques shakudo metal edge Obverse asymmetrical painterly composition showing white heron standing leg beside clump white blue irises background transitions bluish bottom cream hint pink suggesting delicate auroral glow Executed largely musen wireless enamel sparse wires retained shosen define bird’s beak legs Reverse dense cherry blossom ornament two shades brown matte dark brown ground flowers executed cloisonné gold wires central silver-wired seal woven signature “Sakigake.” rectangular object thin dark border soft gradient background beige top pale gray featuring white bird slender yellowish beak dark legs standing near cluster tall green leaves stems nearby blue white flowers bluish-purple markings small dark blue bud palette includes gray green purple yellow dark brown.