1993.86.3.1.FA Bottle vase (one of a pair)

Jomi Eisuke

Japan (nation): TGN: 1000120

Kyoto: TGN: 7004603

copper (metal): AAT: 300011020

gilt: AAT: 300379350

inlay (process): AAT: 300053850

metalworking: AAT: 300053946

silver (metal): AAT: 300011029

shakudo: AAT: 300380025

Meiji: AAT: 300018567

nineteenth century (dates CE): AAT: 300404513

butterflies (general): AAT: 300417320

dragonflies (insects/animals): AAT: 300310476

moths (general): AAT: 300250224

vases: AAT: 300132254

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 February 16, 2001, 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), 21. 

[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.

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