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HIRADO AND OTHER PORCELAIN
Property from an English Private Collection
(Lots 128-152)
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A HIRADO PORCELAIN BLUE-AND-WHITE OKIMONO
OF A SHISHI AND A MODERN PORCELAIN
MOONFLASK
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
The first a model of a shishi seated on its haunches with both
its forepaws resting on a reticulated brocade ball, its mane
and tail highlighted in underglaze blue, 10.2cm x 19.1cm
(4in x 7½in); the second painted in underglaze blue with a
kingfisher perched on stems of reeds, the reverse inscribed
with a poem and dated kinoe-inu (1934), signed on the base
in underglaze blue Enmei; 27.4cm (10¾in). (2).
£1,000 - 1,500
JPY150,000 - 220,000
US$1,300 - 2,000
The moonflask appears to be a near-direct copy of an
original by Chinese artist Wang Bu (1898-1968), described
and illustrated in The Hong Kong Museum of Art, Brush and
Clay: Chinese Porcelain of the Early 20th Century, exhibition
catalogue, Urban Council, Hong Kong, 1990, pp.314-315,
cat. no.88.
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129
TWO HIRADO BLUE-AND-WHITE VESSELS
Edo (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912),
probably mid-late 19th century
Each painted in underglaze blue, the first a box and cover
in the form of an overlapping circle and square depicting
thatched dwellings nestled at the foot of mountainous
landscape, surmounted by a finial in the form a cockerel
and hen, 10.1cm x 13.2cm (4in x 5 1/8in); the second in the
form of a handled tripod jue (a Chinese ritual wine vessel)
decorated with two confronting mythological beast heads
interwoven among a band of repeated square patterns;
8.3cm x 14cm (3¼in x 5½in). (3).
£1,000 - 1,500
JPY150,000 - 220,000
US$1,300 - 2,000
130
A PAIR OF HIRADO PORCELAIN
BLUE-AND-WHITE BOWLS
Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century
Each bowl painted in underglaze blue with karako (Chinese
boys) chasing butterflies beneath an overhanging pine tree,
all below a band of jewelled ruyi symbols suspended from
the rim on the exterior and interior.
Each approx. 5.2cm x 10.3cm (2in x 4in). (2).
£1,000 - 1,500
JPY150,000 - 220,000
US$1,300 - 2,000

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