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Namikawa Sosuke used a painting of birds by Watanabe Seitei (1851-1918) as inspiration for his work in wireless cloisonne. While Sosuke did not invent the technique of using enamel without the wire "cloisons" before firing, he did perfect it.

Sosuke_Namikawa: DMA

Japan (nation): TGN: 1000120

cloisonné: AAT: 300053778

enamel (fused coating): AAT: 300014910

metalwork: AAT: 300015336

metalworking: AAT: 300053946

silver (metal): AAT: 300011029

gold (metal): AAT: 300011021

wire: AAT: 300011063

Meiji: AAT: 300018567

Seitei_Watanabe: ULAN: 500123390

floral patterns: AAT: 300010135

pigeons (birds/animals/general term): AAT: 300310557

spirals (geometric figures): AAT: 300163114

trays: AAT: 300043071

By 1991: The John R. Young Collection [1]

1993: Dallas Museum of Art Foundation for the Arts, The John R. Young Collection, gift of M. Frances and John R. Young [2]

The main source for this provenance is the object summary dated July 25, 1995, copy in Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records object file. Exceptions and supporting documentation are noted. 

[1] See Oliver Impey and Malcom Fairley, The Dragon King of the Sea: Japanese decorative art of the Meiji period from the John R. Young Collection (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 1991), 58-59. 

[2] The Foundation for the Arts is a non-profit corporation created as a title-holding entity to serve the people of Dallas but to operate independently of the City. The Dallas Museum of Art (at its own cost) is responsible for the care, storage, insurance, conservation and maintenance of the collection, and agrees to maintain the highest museum standards in the management and handling of the Foundation’s collection. The title to all works of art purchased or otherwise acquired by the Foundation for the Arts is retained by the Foundation.

UMO: 13315198

The Decorative Arts of Meiji Japan: The John R. Young Collection 

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