vase, unknown maker from Japan

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vase
vase
vase
Meiji period (1868–1912)
vase , Meiji period (1868–1912)
Where object was made: Japan
Material/technique: cloissoné
Dimensions:
Object Height (Height): 34.92 cm
Object Height (Height): 13 3/4 in
Credit line: William Bridges Thayer Memorial
Accession number: 1928.3510
Not on display
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Exhibition Label: "Tradition and Modernity: Japanese Art of the Early Twentieth Century," Jan-2005, Hillary Pedersen In the enameling process used to make these vessels, thin metal wires in a specific pattern or shape are attached to a bronze body. The cells (or cloison in French) formed by the wires are filled with colored glass paste, and then the vessel is fired at a very high temperature. After it has cooled, smooth, shiny, colorful patterns, delineated by the wires, remain on the surface. This technique was commonly used in China and in the West for nearly two millennia, but it only became widespread in Japan during the Meiji period.