Cloisonne Vase does it tell a story?

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  1. trip98

    trip98 Well-Known Member

    cloiseaglevs5.jpg cloiseaglevs2.jpg cloiseaglevs1.jpg cloiseaglevs1.jpg Fairly beat-up, probs 19th century Japanese Meiji trying to look like ming chinese cloisonne vase. I think it is an eagle chasing a hare near cliffs and lake with a fisherman (crude) in the water, small pink quarter moon at the top. Just fun details or do they represent something?
     

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  2. afantiques

    afantiques Well-Known Member

    It refers to the story of the hare who stole the moon's reflection from the water to woo the fisherman's daughter, and how the cunning hare eluded Shumisami the eagle who was sent by the Kongorikishi, with the help of Ebisu, the god of fishermen who changed the hare into a young man. Which helped a lot with his prospects with the fisherman's daughter.
     
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  3. gregsglass

    gregsglass Well-Known Member

    AF,
    you are a hoot! (which is a good thing) strange mixed metafores from China and India. lol
    greg
     
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  4. trip98

    trip98 Well-Known Member

    lol. Sounds good to me.
     
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