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

A Tall-Necked Hirado Vase
Edo - Meiji period (19th century)
Oviform with tall neck, decorated in underglaze blue with a ho-o bird in flight over a branch of paulownia, the neck with a band of stylised plantain leaves
29cm. high
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Paulownia had been traditionally regarded as a sacred tree on which ho-o birds perch.

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