Vase

The copper body of the vase has an applied silver rim and a silver base plate with the jungin mark. The matt brown ground is decorated with a stylised silver yusen and moriage arrangement of scrolling thistles and leaves in shades of brown, purple and white enamel. The interior has a matt-green counter-enamel, which is also applied to the interior of the base plate. This has been inlaid with the gold yusen mark of the Ando Company. Ando cloisonné is often extremely difficult to date, compounded by the fact that the Company's records are rather sparse. The style of the decoration, which has a rather Art Deco feeling to it, suggests a date from the period 1920-40. However, since this style of

Vase · Nagoya · c.1920-40. Cloisonné enamel vase with the mark of the Ando Company. The thistle deign is in yusen (with wires technique) and moriage (layers of enamel in relief ).. By Ando Company. Victoria and Albert Museum, London.