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Large Japanese Ando Wireless Cloisonne Vase Hydrangea browse these categories for related items... All Items: Vintage Arts:Regional Art:Asian:Japanese:Enamel: Pre 1960: item # 832638 Please refer to our stock # 8-079 when inquiring.
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This simply stunning Japanese wireless shippo cloisonné enamel vase with a large globular body and narrow neck with everted rim is decorated on one side with a large blossoming hydrangea flower and its showy leaves. Showa period, mid-20th century. The elegant flower is worked in brilliant variegated shades of bright blue, green and white enamels set against an off-white ground. The flower heads and leaves were painstakingly created using a “musen” (wireless) technique, highlighted with thin silver wires (“yusen-shippo”) to form the delicate veins running through the petals and leaves. The neck and foot rims are mounted in chrome, and the foot rim is impressed with the Ando trademark. (See Image #415 in “Japanese Cloisonne Enamels: A Private Collector’s Notes and Reference Guide” by Gary H. Yoshino.)
The Ando Cloisonne Company, which was founded in 1880, is the oldest and largest corporation involved in manufacturing and dealing in shippo (cloisonne) in Japan. It has continued to produce fine cloisonné enamel wares up to the present day. Their products were first introduced to the world at the Chicago Exposition in 1893. Since then, the company has received many awards and prizes in numerous international expositions both in Japan and abroad, and in 1900 it was granted appointment to the Imperial Household. An identical Ando vase was offered for sale at Sotheby’s “Japanese Works of Art” on September 20, 1996, Lot #399, with a presale estimate of $1,500-$2,000. CONDITION is perfect with no cracks, dents nor restoration. DIMENSIONS: 8 ¼” (21 cm) high, 8” (20.4 cm) approximate overall diameter. This large heavy vase weighs 5 pounds (2.3 kg). |
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