Description A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL VASE DEPICTING CRANESJapan, Meiji period (1868-1912)The baluster body supported on a spreading foot and rising to a slender waisted neck with flared rim. The black ground decorated with six flying cranes to the front and a single crane to the reverse, with trefoil borders below the rim and above the foot. The base incised with concentric rings.HEIGHT 30.5 cmWEIGHT 799.2 gCondition: Good condition with minor wear and manufacturing irregularities, small losses to enamel below the rim.Provenance: The Strong National Museum of Play, accession number 76.2503 (lacquered to the base). Margaret Woodbury Strong (1897-1969) grew up in a prosperous family of collectors. Her interests ranged so widely that by 1960 she had amassed more than 27,000 collectible items and works of art. The vast majority of her collections related in some way to play and as her accumulation grew, Margaret planned a museum to house her collection. It eventually opened to the public in 1982, and grew dramatically over the following decades, expanding its collections, facilities, and resources, now spanning over 285,000 square feet. Today, the Strong National Museum of Play (known as just The Strong Museum or simply The Strong) is the only collections-based museum in the world devoted solely to the study of play.Auction comparison: Compare a related cloisonné vase with flying cranes by the Ando company, 15.5 cm high, at Galerie Zacke, Fine Japanese Art, 3 December 2021, Vienna, lot 95 (sold for 1,517 EUR).