Légende

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—rendered with the yusen technique using thin silver wires, depicted 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. Vessel; height 16.7 cm, diameter 9.9 cm., A glossy vase with a deep red body and a narrow neck topped by a metallic rim, decorated with a few white and gray birds in flight and a group of birds floating on stylized gray and white waves near the base; the scene includes metallic-looking accents on the birds and rim, and the background is a flat gray.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A25_214

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

63.2Mo (805.9Ko) / 32.7cm x 48.4cm / 3867 x 5716 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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 rendered yusen technique using thin silver wires depicted flying foaming waves perching water combining naturalism decorative stylization typical Japanese design Signature engraved kanji bottom Hayakawa zo tsukuru Vessel height 16.7 cm diameter 9.9 cm glossy vase deep red body narrow neck topped metallic rim decorated white gray birds flight group birds floating stylized gray white waves near base scene includes metallic-looking accents birds rim background flat gray.