Arts & Crafts Movement - Made In Japan, And More.

My inspiration for topics is often triggered by what other collectors are sharing and wish more information on.

Today on FB Japanese Collectibles Group we had a nice rare copper metal box, with worked surface, and ornamented with applied corners with screw heads, and an Asian crest.

It reminded me that Ando, Jubei who was one of the most famous cloisonne masters at the turn of the 20th. century, produced a whole series of boxes and smoking sets, decorated with flora and foliage enamel applications on the lid.

I owned a large shallow copper 'pot pourrie' dish with an open work lid, produced by his studio. Also, a copper tray with a large rose enamel. It's a pleasant pass-time to renew your knowledge and admire these very attractive pieces again.

While I was searching for my images in my large Japanese archive, I came across two other types of cloisonne. The copper pieces are considered wireless cloisonne, Coben & Ferster, the bible of Japanese cloisonne publication, explained that the tooled areas between the enamels could be either made with an acid compound or a metal etching type of groove maker.

The other images show the decorated base of a footed cloisonne bowl, with bright colors and the auspicious FUKU omen symbol. Plus, two of my pieces which are Japanese but were not identified as such till post 1950. My friend Gary Yoshino a Japanese American collector and published author, was the first to make the connection, and provide examples. The Japanese bucket piece was an important one, with this identification process. These are called open work cloisonne, with detailed decorations on the metal surfaces.

You might find my posts about these topics more involved than they used to be on CW. It is an effort on my part to show the background of my statements, and that I have no problem giving credit where it is due, as well as the depth of my reference materiel resources.