vase

Ando Jubei was one of the great master cloisonne enamelers of his time, able to sell to the Royal Household. […]

See also the Japanese Totai Jars page. Totai is used here to describe cloisonné on ceramics, earthenware, and porcelain. Vase 77 […]

This is an attractive pair of vases in a familar shade of blue. The main decoration is a floral array […]

The main decoration on this pair of vases are the butterflies. That said, the contrasting colour scheme of the background […]

As the number of Japanese cloisonne objects covered by this website grows there are more and more ‘collections’. That is, […]

This lovely large six sided vase provides lots of scope for attractive design.  Birds race up and down within a […]

Certain vases with a strong blue element share a general style of decoration based on complex symmetrical patterns in the […]

This attractive small four lobed vase is covered with lovely details. There are two main panel decorations each repeated twice. […]

Often when we see a design with a phoenix or houou bird it is combined with a dragon. In some […]

Dragon and phoenix (houou bird) decoration is a very popular form of decoration on Japanese cloisonne objects. The dragon images […]

This relatively modern vase has the dragon and houou bird theme seen many times before here. It contrasts wonderfully with […]

This next object is a pretty little vase in the now familiar Kyoto coins and roundels style. Some of the […]

The Kyoto based workshop of Takatani Kenzaburou 高谷謙三郎 is often known from the factory photograph presented as a stereoview (marked […]

This lovely six lobed vase is covered in coins and roundels as well as neat and distinctive small gilded ‘strength […]

This is a bright and attractive vase with two birds patrolling a rich floral landscape. There are butterflies, daisy like […]

Many workshops added brightness to traditional cloisonne by adding metal foil under transparent enamel. This became more sophisticated over time […]

This very large 18″ tall vase (45.7 cm) is in the classic phoenix and dragon style. The large size (compared […]

This simple vase is in what is by now a very recognisable style. There are roundels and coins and a […]

This lovely vase has curves in every direction. It is a little similar to the last pair of vases we […]

This pair of small vases have a simple design with lots of interesting small touches. Each is round with four […]

This next six lobed vase is very attractive, and is similar in several respects to earlier objects we have seen. […]

Usually this website only starts a collection once at least three objects suggest a clear connection. Here there are (so […]

This lovely vase was instantly familiar but at the same time very different. It is the scattered five petal motif […]

This is a lovely tiny pair of vases, designed in mirror fashion though with some freedom in the minor details. […]