A baluster tsuiki-jippo cloisonné-enamel vase


By the Ando Jubei company, Showa era (1926-1989), mid-20th centuryDecorated across the front with a yamazakura (mountain cherry) and a willow tree, inset with raised white, green and purple enamels applied to the bare copper body, signed on the base with the mark of Ando Jubei; with a separate wood stand and a wooden tomobako storage box inscribed Shippo tsuikiji Miyako no haru kabin (Cloisonné hammered-up vase with the design of spring in Kyoto) and signed Jubei tsukuru with seal. 19.5cm (7 5/8in) high. (3).
|For an almost identical vase, see Frederic T. Schneider, The Art of Japanese Cloisonné Enamel: History, Techniques and Artists, 1600 to the Present, Jefferson NC, McFarland, 2010, p.C-30, fig.117.