Caption

Vase by Namikawa Yasuyuki 1845–1927, cloisonné enamel, ca. 1890–1905 Meiji period. Small, slender vase tapering toward the bottom to a ring-shaped silver foot; short neck with a slightly parted spout enclosed by a silver ring. Ornamental shippo cloisonné border with rosettes in rhomboid fields at the foot and neck. Petal decoration filled with stylized phoenix images flows down to the shoulders. Belly finished in glossy black enamel with six colorful, fan-shaped reserves depicting various floral and bird motifs, executed with meticulous precision in the yusen technique with silver wires. Silver plaque mounted in the mirror of the base engraved “Kyoto Namikawa.” Height 18.0 cm; diameter 7.8 cm., A tall, narrow vase with a glossy black background features several fan-shaped painted panels in bright colors and ornate borders; a large lime green panel shows two flying birds with brown and white feathers above a branch with red and green flowers, a sky-blue panel displays delicate white and yellow flowers with green stems and leaves, and a pale cream panel contains leafy botanical motifs; the neck and base have geometric decorative bands in cream, green, blue, and brown, and the vase shows additional accents in gold and turquoise against the black surface.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A25_290

License type

Rights managed

Available size

62.1Mb (1.5Mb) / 12.1in x 20.0in / 3615 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Vase Namikawa Yasuyuki 1845–1927 cloisonné enamel ca 1890–1905 Meiji period Small slender vase tapering bottom ring-shaped silver foot short neck slightly parted spout enclosed silver ring Ornamental shippo cloisonné border rosettes rhomboid fields foot neck Petal decoration filled stylized phoenix images flows down shoulders Belly finished glossy black enamel six colorful fan-shaped reserves depicting various floral bird motifs executed meticulous precision yusen technique silver wires Silver plaque mounted mirror base engraved “Kyoto Namikawa.” Height 18.0 cm diameter 7.8 cm tall narrow vase glossy black background features several fan-shaped painted panels bright colors ornate borders large lime green panel two flying birds brown white feathers branch red green flowers sky-blue panel displays delicate white yellow flowers green stems leaves pale cream panel contains leafy botanical motifs geometric decorative bands green blue vase additional accents gold turquoise black surface.