jar;
lid
- Museum number
- 1980,0227.30.a-b
- Description
-
Presentation water-jar (mizusashi), with wooden lid. Made of porcelain, moulded in the style of a spherical ancient Chinese bronze, with relief areas and circular cartouches decorated with landscapes in underglaze blue. Hirado ware.
- Production date
- 19thC(late)
- Dimensions
-
Height: 17.60 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- David Hyatt King, "Hirado Porcelain: Its Dating," Transactions of the Oriental Ceramics Society, fig. 19A.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1980
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 1980,0227.30.a-b
