1993.86.42.FA Vase

Japan (nation): TGN: 1000120

cloisonné: AAT: 300053778

enamel (fused coating): AAT: 300014910

filigree: AAT: 300220293

gold (metal): AAT: 300011021

ivory (material): AAT: 300011857

lacquer (coating): AAT: 300014916

shell (animal material): AAT: 300011829

shell inlay (decorations): DMA

silver (metal): AAT: 300011029

tortoise shell: AAT: 300011837

Meiji: AAT: 300018567

birds (animals): AAT: 300266506

exports: AAT: 300252722

flower (motif): AAT: 300375563

geometric patterns: AAT: 300165213

lacquerware: AAT: 300264021

scrolls (spirals/motifs): AAT: 300010094

scrollwork (patterns): AAT: 300010205

trees (plants): AAT: 300132410

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), 98-99. 

[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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