One of a Pair of Vases with Doves and Apricots
(Japan and Korea )
The vase, a pair with Walters 44.689, depicts multicolored doves (grey, blue, lavender, green and orange) on flowering apricot branches against a midnight-blue ground. Borders at the base and rim are geometric patterns inspired by Japanese textiles. The mounts and cloisons are silver. Inside the neck and on the bottom there is a gold and shakudo mottled surface.
Provenance
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Stephen W. Fisher [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1994, by gift.
Exhibitions
2024 | Japanese Cloisonne Enamels. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1996-0. |
Geographies
Japan (Place of Origin)
Measurements
7 1/2 x 3 1/8 in. (19 x 8 cm) (h. x diam.)
Credit Line
Gift of Stephen W. Fisher, 1994
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
44.688