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

A Hirado Mizusashi [Water Jar] and Cover
Edo - Meiji period (19th century)
Oviform, decorated in underglaze blue with a garden scene depicting a karako [Chinese child] and a sage with books on a table looking back at two cranes beneath a flowering plum tree, another karako on the right feeding them, two cranes in flight and another to the left of the scene, the foot with the band of stylised petals above two lines, the cover with plum blossom, the finial shaped as a karashishi [lion dog]
26cm. high

Literature
C. Philip Cardeiro, Hirado Ware - Japanese Hirado Porcelain 1640-1909, (1989, California), p.54, cat. no. 19. (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.