Antique brooch with Japanese shakudō panels from the Meji period

Meiji period

Antique brooch with Japanese shakudō panels from the Meji period

€ 590.00 ^*

Content 1 piece

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Description

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This brooch shows a round panel with Far Eastern motifs. On the slightly raised center field we see a graceful Japanese landscape. The motif stands out vividly against the dark metal background and is decorated with fine overlays of shiny fine gold in various alloy colors. The metal plate is made from the traditional Shakudō alloy, a centuries-old invention of Japanese blacksmiths. Also known as red copper, shakudō contains 2-7% gold in addition to copper and was originally used primarily to decorate weapons and armor. The attractive contrast of light and dark is reminiscent of famous Japanese woodcuts. Like these, the brooch also offers a glimpse of the country's nature: A small quail ducks under lush umbellifers - a scene that immediately transports us to the land of Fujiyama. The outer frame of the shield-shaped, curved work is adorned with another quail, a scorpion and Japanese ornaments. The panels were created during the Meiji period (1868-1912) in Japan and are likely to have been set in silver as a decorative element in this brooch from the very beginning. We discovered this unusual piece of jewelry in London.

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In the 1880s and 1890s, the modern world turned to the East. The artists of the Parisian avant-garde competed to design their works of art based on Japanese models. New trade relations with the long isolated country brought more and more new objects to Europe - and the different design language of porcelain, drawings and fabrics inspired the elegant world. But it was not only famous painters such as Manet, van Gogh and Klimt who worked in the Japanese style. Fashion, architecture and arts and crafts were also more or less freely based on Japanese models. And last but not least, we also encounter jewellery, mostly based on artists' designs, which was created during these years.

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Meiji period

€ 590.00 ^*

Content 1 piece

Incl. VAT, Shipping

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