EDO-MEIJI PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)

The Hirado Collection of Philip Cardeiro
PROPERTY OF THE C PHILIP CARDEIRO LIVING TRUST (Lots 52-72)

A Fine Tall-necked Vase
Edo-Meiji period (19th century)
Oviform with tall tapering neck, decorated in underglaze blue with seven karako [Chinese children] chasing butterflies in a floral landscape, an overhanging pine tree and peonies issuing from rocks to the reverse, all beneath a band of rinpo and a border with panels enclosing origami cranes against a diaper ground to the shoulder, the neck with bands of stylised plantain leaves
37.5cm. high

Literature
C. Philip Cardeiro, Hirado Ware - Japanese Hirado Porcelain 1640-1909, (1989, California), p.53, cat. no. 13. (the cover is illustrated above)

Exhibited
Japanese Hirado Porcelain 1640-1909, Art Asia Museum exhibition, 9 September – 10 November 1989

Please note this lot is the property of a consumer. See H1 of the Conditions of Sale.