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Stunning CLOISONNE GOLDFISH SKY BLUE VASE by ANDO SHIPPO of Nagoya, Japan!

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The vase is subdued elegance. It doesn't scream "look at me," it whispers "take a second glance!"

Features an Orange-brown Fantail Goldfish! Vases of any sort including Ginbari depicting Goldfish or Koi are scarce. The pattern draws the eye with such a contrast of a goldfish against a skyblue/seablue shiny ginbari foil background. This background contains tiny embossed aquatic ferns repeated. The same water ferns are featured around the goldfish and also in the back.

Condition & Specs are midway down this description >

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KOI Symbolism >
- YAMABUKI: The gold fish represents (of course) gold, wealth and prosperity.
- OGON: The platinum colored fish also represents the fulfillment of wealth in the form of success in business.
- KUMONRYU: A midnight black colored fish that is named after a Japanese dragon of transformation - and this fish is said to bring about change in life circumstances.
- KOHOKU: A white and red fish (known as a "cap" fish with white body and a red mark on its head) believed to encourage advancement in career.
- KUCHIBENI: Also white and red (known as a "lipstick" fish with a white body and red markings around the mouth) said to inspire long lasting, loving relationships.

SHIPPOU YAKI 七宝焼 - Cloisonne Ware

TOMEIYU SHIPPO 透明釉七宝 - Transparent Enamel Cloisonne

YUSEN SHIPPO 有線七宝 - Wired Cloisonne Technique (usually silver)

GINBARI 銀針 - Embossed Foil

CLOISONNE enamels are painted on and fired and the process done for several layers/firings to build up the enamels to fill in the silver wire spaces of the design until the item is smooth to the touch.

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ANDO CLOISONNE INC. 株式会社　安藤七宝店 FROM - Meiji 13 = 1880 to Present

MARK - Ando maker's mark in silver wire

SPECS - about 7.375"H x 3.625"D

CONDITION - EXCELLENT!
- no knocks, cracks or scuffs
- the bottom of the vase where the mark is, has a crack. It does leak around the silver base. This would be display only.
- there are multiple lines under the glaze, I would say are age-related faults to the ginbari foil
- silver base & rims have tiny pits that I believe can be polished away by a professional
- dings and scratches to the rims and base metal

MY SUBJECTIVE GRADING GUIDE >

Outstanding - pristine, like new
Excellent - excellent as it's antique/vintage (minor issues)
Good - moderate issues
Fair - more than moderate issues, okay for display, but not a prized piece
Poor - major issues = a bargain deserving of continued existence

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ANDO CLOISONNE INC. 株式会社　安藤七宝店
FROM - Meiji 13 = 1880 to Present

"Owari province was one of the foremost production centres of enamel in the country. During the Edo period the Andō family operated a pipe shop called "Murata-ya". Andō Jubei (Jusaburo) (1876-1953) was born in Nagoya as the fourth child; he had three elder sisters. His mother passed away in May 1877 following an illness, and his father followed in September 1877. Orphaned at less than one year old, he was raised according to his father’s will by staff employers. His older sister married Andō Juzaemon, whose born name was Matsukichi. Together with his brother-in-law they made the cloisonné company a success. In 1893, Andō Juzaemon went to the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. It was his first time to travel overseas, and he used the opportunity to study the market. In 1901 Andō Jubei went to the Glasgow International Exhibition, which was his first overseas travel, and he stayed for two years in a British home to study the market.

After they returned back to Japan, they invited Kawade Shibatarō (1856–1921) as head of the studio, who further developed plique-à-jour. Cloisonné experienced strong growth around the time of the Paris Exposition Universelle in 1900. Japanese enamel work became sought after in the west and sourced many pieces from Toshima, which is the origin of Owari cloisonne.

As of 1918, at least fifty cloisonné artists worked there. The company was given an Imperial Warrant of Appointment to the Japanese court. Ando cloisonné was also presented as state gifts. Manchukuo Prime Minister Zheng Xiaoxu (1860-1938) wrote four Chinese characters in calligraphy in praise of a vase that was presented to him as a gift.
It is one of the very few traditional cloisonné companies still left in Japan. The main store in Sakae has a small museum with objects by the Ando company and also Namikawa. Objects from Ando are held in the collection of the Walters Art Museum and in the Victoria and Albert Museum."

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"Although Chinese cloisonné enamels had long been highly valued it was not until the late sixteenth century that cloisonné enamels became more widely used in Japan.

Enamelling was employed primarily on architectural fittings, for example hikite (door-pulls) and kugi-kakushi (decorative nail covers) as well as for the decoration of small objects such as suiteki (water-droppers), part of writing sets and used in the preparation of ink.

There had long been a demand among the samurai for fine decoration of sword fittings and cloisonné enamels were used on tsuba (sword guards). The finest of these were made by the Hirata School, founded by Hirata Dōnin (died 1646) which was active well into the nineteenth century.

The renaissance of Japanese cloisonné manufacture is credited to the former samurai, Kaji Tsunekichi (1803 - 1883) of Nagoya in Owari Province (modern Aichi Prefecture). Kaji, like many other samurai of his time, was forced to find ways to supplement his meagre official stipend. It is believed that around 1838 he obtained a piece of Chinese cloisonné enamel and by taking it apart and examining how it was made, he eventually produced a small cloisonné enamelled dish.

By the mid-1850s he was sufficiently confident take on pupils and by the late 1850s was appointed official cloisonné maker to the daimyō (feudal chief) of Owari. He based his designs on the motifs and colour-schemes of Chinese cloisonné enamels and his early works are characterised by the use of a larger number of background wires. These were decorative, forming an integral part of the design, and practical in that they prevented the enamels from running during firing."

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I'm not an expert on Porcelain. The information above is based on my research as a collector. It's time to downsize and find an appreciative home for this exquisite piece!

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