Lot 52
Lot 52
A Hirado Jar and Cover

EDO- MEIJI PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)

Price Realised GBP 7,500
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GBP 3,000 - GBP 4,000
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A Hirado Jar and Cover

EDO- MEIJI PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)

Price Realised GBP 7,500
Price Realised GBP 7,500
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The Hirado Collection of Philip Cardeiro
PROPERTY OF THE C PHILIP CARDEIRO LIVING TRUST (Lots 52-72)

A Hirado Jar and Cover
Edo- Meiji period (19th century)
Of globular form, decorated in underglaze blue with a dragon in low relief flying amongst swirling clouds, an incised key fret border around the rim, the cover similarly decorated with landscape and a key fret border with the finial shaped as a crouching shishi [lion dog]
23.5cm. high

Literature
C. Philip Cardeiro, Hirado Ware - Japanese Hirado Porcelain 1640-1909, (1989, California), p.55, cat. no. 15. (the cover is illustrated above)

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