Ando Cloisonné Company
Box Decorated with Swimming Dragon Fish
Early 20th century
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Ando Cloisonné Company
Box Decorated with Swimming Dragon Fish
Early 20th century
Physical Qualities
Patinated metal, moriage enamel, 5 x 17.7 x 10 cm. (1 15/16 x 6 15/16 x 3 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Stephen W. Fisher, Baltimore
Object Number
2011.349
Nagoya was the original center for cloisonne cloisonne [sic] enamel production in Japan. Ando Junbei (1876-1956) established one of five workshops-studios in the city. His workshop remains in operation today, the longest lasting of all the Japanese cloisonne companies. Ando Company artists specialize in a wireless technique that requires laborious layering of many coats of enamel to achieve the required thickness and color.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2011; Stephen W. Fisher, Baltimore, by purchase c. 1994; Kyoto Shinmonzen-dori antiques shop
Frances Klapthor, BMA, "An Artist's Fresh Glaze," April 30 - November 4, 2012.
Collection installation, "Asia. 1,000 Years of Exchange in East Asia", Levy Gallery, Baltimore Museum of Art, October 5, 2023-
Collection installation, "Asia. 1,000 Years of Exchange in East Asia", Levy Gallery, Baltimore Museum of Art, October 5, 2023-
Markings: Stamped on bottom: Ando mark and 6-character oval seal mark, "Shachihoku Rai go"
On View: Levy Gallery 1, Case 05/C
