Incense-burner with birds in flowering trees design
Incense-burner with birds in flowering trees design
Incense-burner with birds in flowering trees design
Incense-burner with birds in flowering trees design
Incense-burner with birds in flowering trees design
Incense-burner with birds in flowering trees design
Incense-burner with birds in flowering trees design
Incense-burner with birds in flowering trees design
Incense-burner with birds in flowering trees design
Incense-burner with birds in flowering trees design
Incense-burner with birds in flowering trees design
Incense-burner with birds in flowering trees design
Incense-burner with birds in flowering trees design
Incense-burner with birds in flowering trees design
Incense-burner with birds in flowering trees design
Incense-burner with birds in flowering trees design

On view

Asian Art
Huo Pavilion

Incense-burner with birds in flowering trees design,

ca. 1910–20

Anonymous
Japanese
late Meiji era, 1868–1912 | era Taishō era, 1912–1926
2004-371
From the mid-nineteenth to the early twentieth century, Japanese cloisonné methods underwent a rapid transition. Artisans began to examine and copy objects imported from China that featured complex thin wire supports and dividers (cloisons), and then to work directly with European artisans. The result was an ability to create subtle cloisonné surfaces over ceramic, copper, gold, or silver vessels that featured minimal use of supporting cloisons, as well as the use of gold and silver cloisons for compositional effect. Most of these works were produced for export to Europe, where their high level of craftsmanship was much admired.

Information

Title
Incense-burner with birds in flowering trees design
Dates

ca. 1910–20

Maker
Anonymous
Medium
Plique-à-jour cloisonné enamel with silver wire and silver fittings
Dimensions
h. 11.0 cm., diam. 12.5 cm. (4 5/16 x 4 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Alice and Bernard Gerb in memory of Pauline Lester
Object Number
2004-371
Place Made

Asia, Japan

Culture
Japanese
Period
Meiji, Taisho
Type
cloisonné, incense burners
Materials
enamel, silver, cloisonné, wire
Techniques
plique-à-jour
Subject
fruit trees, flowers (plants), birds

– Gerd Lester and Pauline Lester collection, by inheritance to Alice Gerb (Princeton, NJ).
–2004 Alice and Bernard Gerb (Princeton, NJ), by gift to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2004.

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