On view
Asian Art
Huo Pavilion
Huo Pavilion
Slender vase with wisteria design,
late 19th–early 20th century
Gotō Seizaburō 後藤省三郎, 1834–1896; active Japan
Japanese
Meiji era, 1868–1912
2004-374
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
Slender vase with wisteria design
Dates
late 19th–early 20th century
Maker
Medium
Cloisonné enamel with silver and wire fittings
Dimensions
h. 18.2 cm., diam. 7.0 cm. (7 3/16 x 2 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Alice and Bernard Gerb in memory of Pauline Lester
Object Number
2004-374
Place Made
Asia, Japan
Signatures
Signed on base
Marks/Labels/Seals
Stamped "Gotō" 後藤, bottom of vase
Stamped “pure silver” 純銀, rim of base
Culture
Period
Subject
– 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.
–2004 Alice and Bernard Gerb (Princeton, NJ), by gift to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2004.
- "Acquisitions of the Princeton University Art Museum 2004," Record of the Princeton University Art Museum 64 (2005): p. 91-135., p. 104
- Princeton University Art Museum: Handbook of the Collection (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2007), p. 265 (illus.)
- Princeton University Art Museum: Handbook of the Collections (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Art Museum, 2013), p. 317
