Légende

Vase by Namikawa Yasuyuki 1845–1927, ca. 1890–1905 Meiji period, 1868–1912, Kyoto, Japan. Small slender cloisonné enamel vase, height 18.0 cm, diameter 7.8 cm. Body tapers to a ring-shaped silver foot and a short neck with a silver-ringed spout. Ornamental shippo cloisonné border with rosettes in rhomboid fields at the foot and neck. Petal decoration with stylized phoenixes flows down to the shoulders. Belly covered with glossy black enamel bearing six colorful fan-shaped reserves depicting floral and bird motifs executed in the yusen technique with silver wires. Silver plaque mounted in the mirror of the base engraved “Kyoto Namikawa.”, A tall, narrow vase with a glossy black background decorated with a few panel-shaped areas in cream, green, blue, and tan showing floral and bird motifs; the neck and base feature geometric banding in shades of cream, green, yellow, and dark accents, and a decorative frieze in brown, green, and blue wraps just below the neck; the largest cream panel displays hanging purple flowers and green leaves with a small dark-colored bird in flight, while other panels show sprigs of plants and small birds against green, blue, and tan fields; the overall color palette includes black, cream, green, blue, brown, purple, yellow, and touches of dark metallic at the rim and foot.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A25_289

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

63.3Mo (1.3Mo) / 31.2cm x 50.8cm / 3690 x 6000 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Vase Namikawa Yasuyuki 1845–1927 ca 1890–1905 Meiji period 1868–1912 Kyoto Japan Small slender cloisonné enamel vase height 18.0 cm diameter 7.8 cm Body tapers ring-shaped silver foot short neck silver-ringed spout Ornamental shippo cloisonné border rosettes rhomboid fields foot neck Petal decoration stylized phoenixes flows down shoulders Belly covered glossy black enamel bearing six colorful fan-shaped reserves depicting floral bird motifs executed yusen technique silver wires Silver plaque mounted mirror base engraved “Kyoto Namikawa.” tall narrow vase glossy black background decorated panel-shaped areas cream green blue tan showing bird motifs base feature geometric banding shades yellow dark accents decorative frieze brown blue wraps largest panel displays hanging purple flowers green leaves small dark-colored bird flight panels sprigs plants small birds tan fields color palette includes black purple touches dark metallic rim foot.