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| Keywords: Ando Cloisonné Company - Vase with Flowering Cherry and Birds - Walters 44708.jpg This large vase decorated with flowering cherry branches and two small birds is a magnificent example of the work of the Ando Cloisonné Company at about the turn of the 20th century It reveals the mirror black surface that had become the standard for decorative vases of this type The motif adorning the swelling body of the vase is a conservative one evocative of the earlier enamels that first came to the attention of European and American collectors during the last three decades of the 19th century The border patterns at the foot and around the rim suggest the work of a studio artisan working from a pattern book These patterns were documented and selected to compliment the more representative designs that form the primary decorative subject Much like a frame around a painting the harmony created between the main subject and the borders became an important indication of the relative success of the individual piece ca 1910 cloisonné enamel cm 34 29 30 48 accession number 44 708 76615 Barry Davies London ca 1983 by purchase Barry Davies Oriental Art Ltd London Stephen W Fisher Baltimore 1985 by purchase Walters Art Museum Gift of Stephen W Fisher in memory of Kenneth Arden Willaman 2007 Japanese Cloisonne Enamels Fisher Collection The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1989-1990 place of origin Nagoya Japan Walters Art Museum license Japanese ceramics in the Walters Art Museum Ando Company Sakura in art 1910 in art Birds in art Culture of Nagoya | ||||
