An Arita/Hirado stoneware sake ewer. 19th century - image-1

Lot 763 Dα

An Arita/Hirado stoneware sake ewer. 19th century

Auction 1080 - overview Cologne
09.12.2016, 11:00 - Asian Art - Indian Bronzes from the Günter Heil Collection / Japanese Art
Estimate: 300 € - 500 €
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An Arita/Hirado stoneware sake ewer. 19th century

An Arita/Hirado stoneware sake ewer in shape of a minogame, the tail forming the handle, the carapace painted with flowers in iron-red. Chips to all feet and the rim. 19th century.
Height 13.2 cm

Literature

Compare an almost identical, but undecorated ewer in: Hirado Porcelain 1750-1900, exhibition Tempus Antiques Ltd., London 1981, cat. no. 51 and C. Philip Cardeiro, Hirado Ware, Asia Art Museum, Monterey, CA 1989, cat. no. 50