1993.86.27.FA Vase

The Hattori company was one of the companies that received commissions from the Imperial Household. The presence of a stylized chrysanthemum indicates that this vase was such a commission.

Artist/designers
Hattori company (Meiji period): DMA

Geography 
Japan (nation): TGN: 1000120

Process/materials
cloisonné: AAT: 300053778
enamel (fused coating): AAT: 300014910
metalwork: AAT: 300015336
metalworking: AAT: 300053946
silver (metal): AAT: 300011029
gold (metal): AAT: 300011021

Historical periods
Meiji: AAT: 300018567

Subject terms
Chrysanthemum (plants/genus): AAT: 300379959
flower (motif): AAT: 300375563
hibiscus (flower): AAT: 300374983
leaves (plant components): AAT: 300400479
prestige: AAT: 300343604
royalty (nobility): AAT: 300188750
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 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), 66-67. 

[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.

AUDIO ASSETS 
UMO: 13315198

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

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