Japanese Cloisonne Vase, Ando Studio, Showa Period (1926 - 1989)

The tapering cylindrical body decorated with blue green leaves and drops of elegantly rendered purple, blue and white wisteria on a pale ground, the rims in silver with Ando studio mark to the base.

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Ando Cloisonné Company is a Japanese cloisonné making company located in Sakae, Nagoya, central Japan. It is one of the very few traditional cloisonné companies still left in Japan.

 

The main store in Sakae has a small museum with objects by the Ando company and also Namikawa.  Objects from Ando are held in the collection of the Walters Art Museum and in the Victoria and Albert Museum.