Japanese cloisonné enamel vase signed Andō Jūbei Taishō period

Japanese cloisonné enamel vase of elegant baluster form, intricately worked in fine silver wire and richly decorated with a dense floral composition of chrysanthemum blossoms and daisies in full bloom. The flowers are rendered in delicately shaded enamels, with softly graduated white, pale green, and yellow petals set amid lush green foliage, creating a strong sense of depth and naturalism. The blossoms appear to float against adeep cobalt blue ground. The neck and foot are encircled by formal geometric borders of stylised motifs in turquoise, white, and pale brown enamels, defined by silver wire and enhanced by applied silver mounts at the rim and foot. The harmonious interplay between the naturalistic floral decoration and the restrained ornamental borders exemplifies the refined aesthetic of Japanese cloisonné.

The foot rim bears the mark Jungin 純銀, denoting ‘pure silver,’ and the base carries the silver yūsen mark of Andō Jūbei 安藤重兵衛, Taishō period 1912-1926.

Founded in 1880 by Maeda Matsukichi 前田松吉, the Andō Cloisonné Company later flourished with the participation of Andō Juzaburō, known as Andō Jūbei I 安藤重兵衛 (1876-1953). By the early 1890s, the workshop had attained considerable prestige, evidenced by commissions from the Imperial Household in 1891 and 1892.The firm went on to receive multiple awards at major international expositions during the Meiji and Taishō periods including the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago (1893), the Exposition Universelle in Paris (1900), the Glasgow International Exhibition (1901), the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis (1904), the Japan–British Exhibition in London (1910), and the Sesqui-Centennial International Exposition in Philadelphia (1926).

Reference: 'The Art of Japanese Cloisonné Enamel: History, Techniques and Artists, 1600 to the Present', by Frederich T. Schneider, North Carolina, 2010, p. 241 no. 4.

'Meiji no Takara 明治の宝: Treasures of Imperial Japan, the Nasser D. Khalili Collection', the Kibo Foundation 1995, Enamel Vol. III, no. 53.

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