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Japanese Art Deco Gin-bari Cloisonne Vase -Meiji browse these categories for related items... All Items: Antiques:Regional Art:Asian:Japanese:Enamel: Pre 1920: item # 164706 Please refer to our stock # 3764 when inquiring.
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| This lovely little gin-bari (foil) cloisonné enamel vase is decorated with a large red semi-transparent chrysanthemum on a transparent turquoise-shading-to-white ground. Meiji period, ca. 1910. In the background area surrounding the finely-rendered chrysanthemum, a diaper design in a fish scale pattern impressed in the silver foil can be seen through a layer of transparent enamel that is tinted turquoise above but fades into a colorless area below. This graduated shading is quite subtle, effective and appealing. The bottom of the vase has an unusual brilliant semi-transparent royal blue design that looks like frothy waves, dramatically set against the vibrant green leaves of the chrysanthemum and the red of its blossom. Silver wires outline the blossoms, leaves and waves. The neck rim is bronze, and the silvered bronze base is unsigned. In gin-bari, a copper or brass body is generally covered with a thin sheet of silver foil which frequently has a stippled or other repetitive design embossed upon it. The foil is then covered with transparent or translucent enamel, so that the reflective quality of the foil enhances the color and gives the piece a shimmering effect. The background portion of the piece has some similarity to basse-taille in that light traverses the transparent enamel layer to shine from the hollows and ridges of the design. The foreground in gin-bari is like standard cloisonné in that it is made of wired cells filled with colored enamels, either transparent, semi-transparent or opaque. The cloisonné wires are affixed to the enamel coating by means of a vegetable glue, and the process of enameling is continued as usual. Condition is excellent, with only some minor pitting which is not uncommon on pieces from this period. There is no oxidation from cracking. Dimensions: 3 ½” high, 1 ¾” diameter. | |||||||||||
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