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AN OVOID HIRADO PORCELAIN BLUE-AND-WHITE
TOKKURI (SAKE BOTTLE)
Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century
Painted in underglaze blue with a continuous scene of karako (Chinese
boys) playing in a garden beneath a spreading pine tree growing
among peonies around rocks, the shoulder with a formal band.
22.9cm (9in) high.
£1,000 - 1,500
JPY150,000 - 220,000
US$1,300 - 2,000
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A HIRADO PORCELAIN BLUE-AND-WHITE
TOKKURI (SAKE BOTTLE)
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
Painted in undeglaze blue with a group of karako (Chinese boys)
at play chasing butterflies beneath the spreading boughs of a pine
tree, the pine boughs extending upwards on the gourd-shaped neck
beneath a band of repeated elaborate tassels.
27.3cm (10¾in) high.
£1,000 - 1,500
JPY150,000 - 220,000
US$1,300 - 2,000

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