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Subject:Japanese Cloisonne Vase, Wisteria Motif, Namikawa Yasuyuki Mark
Posted By: Bill H Tue, May 30, 2017 IP: 2601:0342:0080:4e1c: A friend, who's also lucky at cards, went to a yard sale recently and walked away with this slightly damaged Japanese cloisonné vase with Namikawa Yasuyuki base-mark on a silver plaque. I wonder if beadiste or other collectors can think of any reasons to discount its probable authenticity. |
Subject:Re: Japanese Cloisonne Vase, Wisteria Motif, Namikawa Yasuyuki Mark
Posted By: Bokaba Wed, May 31, 2017 Very nice vase Bill. Great wisteria. I like the unusual square form that tapers down to the round base. I can't speak to the authenticity, but Namikawa Yasuyuki was the imperial household artist at the end of the Meiji Period, so this piece would date to sometime around 1880s to 1912 (though he may have continued working until the end of his life in the late 1920s). |
Subject:Signature plate matches
Posted By: beadiste Wed, May 31, 2017 one pictured in a Japanese book from the Namikawa Museum in Kyoto, on the base of a landscape covered jar. Being illiterate in Japanese, I cannot tell when the jar dates from. Also two illustrations in this book show small vases of similar shape, a particularly interesting one being an inversion of the one your friend now owns - i.e., the base is quadrangular, graduating into a small round neck. Guessing your friend's vase once upon a time had an accompanying carved wooden stand to make a steadier support? |
Subject:1890-1905 per Fredric Schneider's book
Posted By: beadiste Wed, May 31, 2017 "In use ca. 1890-1905. Impressed on inscribed silver tablet." |
Subject:Re: 1890-1905 per Fredric Schneider's book
Posted By: Bill H Thu, Jun 01, 2017 I'm grateful to both your replies, Bokaba & Beadiste. Will make sure my friend tests the vase with a UV light, but his face will brighten in any event when he sees these responses. |
Subject:A bit more
Posted By: beadiste Thu, Jun 01, 2017 A good compilation of stories and photos about Namikawa Yasuyuki is at this link: |
Subject:Re: A bit more
Posted By: Bill H Fri, Jun 02, 2017 Beadiste, if you were Japanese, I believe you well might deserve the title "National Treasure". Around here, you'll just have to settle for "International Treasure"! :) |
Subject:Let's hear it for Fredric Schneider and Beatrice Quette
Posted By: beadiste Fri, Jun 02, 2017 Authors/editors of two books I rely heavily upon. |
Subject:Re: Japanese Cloisonne Vase, Wisteria Motif, Namikawa Yasuyuki Mark
Posted By: MBR Mon, May 02, 2022 Is this available for purchase? |
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