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

A Large Hirado Vase
Edo- Meiji period (19th century)
Decorated in underglaze blue with four panels, the first with a rocky landscape with pavilions, the second with a dragon in scrolling clouds, the third with a mountain landscape with a waterfall and trees, and the fourth with a karashishi and peonies, all of the panels divided by four high-relief mythical beast masks on incised key-fret ground, high-relief bands of petals to the shoulder and the foot, a band of shippo design beneath, an incised key-fret band to the rim
32.8cm. high
Literature
C. Philip Cardeiro, Hirado Ware - Japanese Hirado Porcelain 1640-1909, (1989, California), p.56, cat. no. 17. (the cover is illustrated above)

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

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