MOMA Red Poppy Cloisonné 7" Vase Style Of Tawaraya Sosetu Japanese 17th Century

RED POPPY CLOISONNÉ COLLECTION

based on Poppies

in the style of Tawaraya Sosetsu, Japanese, mid-17th century

H. O. Havemeyer Collection,

Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929 (29.100.524)

Cloisonné, a compound craft of metalwork and enameling, remains widely employed in the production of Asian art objects. In Chinese cloisonné, for example, designs articulated in threads of bronze are welded on to a bronze body. The resulting partitions or cloisons are then filled with enamels of various hues. The object is then fired and burnished until the sections' edges are prominent and level with the enamel. Lastly, the object is leafed in gold.

The Museum's Red Poppy Cloisonné Suite is crafted in cloissoné glass and features a gold-toned rim. The adaptations are based on a mid-seventeenth-century hanging scroll in the Museum's collection. The original work, painted in ink and mineral colors on paper, is in the style of Japanese artist, Tawaraya Sosetsu.

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