Ando Jubei early-mid 20th century cloisonne enamelled bulbous shape vase. Turquoise colour with gorgeous iris floral decor, silver color metal (likely chrome) rim and bottom. Under the light, it irradiates a translucent beauty that is hard to describe .Plique-a-jour was reputedly introduced and further developed in Japan by Ando Jubei (1876-1953) after he saw a French piece in Paris exposition around 1900s. It is known as shotai-jippo, meaning cloisonne without backing (whereby the metal body was dissolved after firing and polishing). The technique is notoriously difficult and labor-intense. It was rarely used to make large piece as the surface tension tends to break the enamel.

The vase had a label "J.Ando Cloisonne Ware Nagoya-Tokio Japan", but now the label is lost.

Ando Jubei (1876-1953) was a Japanese cloisonne artist from Nagoya. Ando was the Meiji era's most prolific creator of presentation wares: artworks that were commissioned by members of the Imperial Family for presentation to foreign dignitaries. He exhibited at the Japan–British Exhibition of 1910.

His work is held in the collections of theWalters Art Museum, the Ashmolean Museum and the Ashmolean Museum and in the Khalili Collection of Japanese Art. The Ando Cloisonne Company continues his work.

Dimensions: Size in cm: H 26 cm x W 19 cm x D top 6,5 cm  x D bottom 10 cm 

                      Size in inches:  H 10.2"  W 8"   D top 2.5"     D bottom 4"

Conditions: Very good conditions,  no defects, some tiny minor scuffing on the bottom silver/chromed rim due  to vase age.

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