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

A Hirado Ewer with Dragon Spout
Meiji period (late 19th century)
Of double gourd form with a moulded dragon forming the spout and handle, painted in underglaze blue with a sage and a tiger before bamboo beside a river on one side and further bamboo issuing from rockwork on the other, the cover and finial in the form of a sixteen-petal chrysanthemum
22cm. high

Literature
C. Philip Cardeiro, Hirado Ware - Japanese Hirado Porcelain 1640-1909, (1989, California), p.62, cat. no. 26. (the cover is illustrated above)

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

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