A HIRADO
MIZUSASHI [WATER JAR] DEPICTING ORCHID PAVILION GATHERING
EDO PERIOD (EARLY 19TH CENTURY)
The ovoid body decorated in underglaze blue with scenes from the Chinese Lanting (Orchid Pavilion) Gathering, depicting scholars and poets in a pavilion and garden, some composing and writing poetry, some drinking wine and some floating cups down a stream, all beneath scrolling clouds, with a fitted wood box
19.5 cm. high
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