Title
Vase with design of cranes in flight
19th century
Artist
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Details
- Place where the work was made
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Japan
- Period
- Meiji period 1868 - 1912 → Japan
- Date
- 19th century
- Media category
- Metalwork
- Materials used
- copper alloy with various metal overlay
- Dimensions
- 24.0 x 26.3 cm
- Signature & date
Signed, exterior, incised "Hei/hira [illeg.] Kôken koku". Not dated.
- Credit
- Anonymous gift 2000
- Location
- South Building, ground level, Asian Lantern galleries
- Accession number
- 150.2000
- Copyright
- Artist information
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Meiji export ware
Works in the collection
- Share
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About
The two vases (Acc.no. 150.2000 & 151.2000) show clear characteristics of Meiji craft with their superior techniques and traditional motifs. When the Edo period ended, the warrior class was disbanded and the carrying of swords and armour was prohibited. As a result, metalwork craftsmen lost their patrons and were in dire straits. The new government's policy to promote crafts as a major export industry found an outlet in international expositions in Europe, America and Australia. Many works from this period are thus found outside Japan.
Asian Art Dept., AGNSW, May 2000.
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Places
Where the work was made
Japan
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Exhibition history
Shown in 1 exhibition
Correspondence, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 10 Sep 2022–2024
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Provenance
Angela Isles, May 2000, Australia, donated to the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, May 2000.
