Japanese Cloisonne Vase by Hayashi Kodenji, Meiji Period
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A Japanese cloisonne vase by Hayashi Kodenji, Meiji period (1868-1912), circa 1900, rectangular shape on a deep blue ground, the vase worked in gold and silver wires and coloured enamels with a bird perched in a maple tree of autumnal leaves and daisies, the foot and neck with bands of scrolling floral petals, wire mark of Hayashi Kodenji to underside, 15.75 cm high, 6.75 cm wide,
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- Maple - Maple, native to North America, is a dense heavy timber from light to yellow-brown in colour. It has very little distincive graining unless it is one of the variants such as birds-eye maple or burr maple, so was not used extensively for furniture in 18th and 19th century, where cabinetmakers and designers preferred timbers with more distinctive features such as mahogany, walnut, rosewood and oak.
Birds-eye maple has a seres of small spots linked by undulating lines in the grain, is highly sough and is used as a decorative veneer. Burr maple has larger and irregular grain swirls than birds-eye maple. - Circa - A Latin term meaning 'about', often used in the antique trade to give an approximate date for the piece, usually considered to be five years on either side of the circa year. Thus, circa 1900 means the piece was made about 1900, probably between 1895 and 1905. The expression is sometimes abbreviated to c.1900.
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