HAYASHI HACHIZAEMON, A JAPANESE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL VASE

HAYASHI HACHIZAEMON (CIRCA 1850-1908), A JAPANESE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL VASE MEIJI-TAISHO ERA Of tapering cylindrical form with slightly splayed foot and a broad, everted mouth, decorated on the light blue ground with convolvulus flowers and tendrils, gilded to base and interior neck, mounted with shakudo foot and rim, engraved mark "Hachi" within a circle 27.9cm highHayashi Hachizaemon was taught by Tsukamoto Kaisuke who was one of the most influential enamellers of the 1860s and who had also taught Hayashi Kodenji. In 1875 he went with Kaisuke to the Ahrens Company in Tokyo to learn advanced western enamelling techniques. He exhibited his work through the Nagoya Shippo Kaisha at the 1881 Second National Industrial Exposition in Ueno Park, Tokyo. He later won bronze medals at the Chicago 1893 and St Louise 1904 international exhibitions Condition Report: Repair to edge of foot rimbruise to body of vase and bruise and stress cracks to shoulder further smaller stress cracksSome scratchesCondition Report Disclaimer