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A HIRADO BLUE-AND-WHITE PORCELAIN TWO-HANDLED
CYLINDRICAL DOUBLE-WALLED VASE
Late Edo period (1615-1868), late 19th century
Supported on a spreading foot, painted in underglaze blue with a
tiger stalking among culms of bamboo beneath a dragon, with a
cicada in high relief on each side, one side pierced with a netting
design, behind which are a butterfly, snail and crab in underglaze
blue, and a cicada and wasp in biscuit. 24.4cm (9 5/8in) high.
£1,000 - 1,500
JPY150,000 - 220,000
US$1,300 - 2,000

Provenance
Tempus Antiques, Ltd., London, purchased 1981.

Published
Tempus Antiques, Ltd., exhibition catalogue, Hirado Porcelain,
1750-1900, London, 1981, p.4, no.5.
150
AN ARITA PORCELAIN GLOBULAR JAR
By the Toteiko company, Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926)
era, early 20th century
Painted in underglaze blue and green and gilt enamels around the
body with a sugi (cedar) grove, the trees diminishing in size and
fading into the distance, the neck and foot encircled by a band of
floral motifs; the base signed in underglaze blue Toteiko sei. 19cm
(7½in) high. 151
£800 - 1,200
JPY120,000 - 180,000
US$1,100 - 1,600

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AN UNUSUAL HIRADO BLUE-AND-WHITE PORCELAIN
SEVEN-STEM VASE
Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century
Modelled in the form of seven bamboo stems draped with clumps
of bamboo leaves applied in relief atop a rectangular simulated
rock base forming the water chamber, the front with three stylised
aquatic birds of which one is a removable stopper; unsigned.
18cm x 19.5cm (7in x 7 5/8in). (2).

£1,000 - 1,500
JPY150,000 - 220,000
US$1,300 - 2,000

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A HIRADO PORCELAIN BLUE-AND-WHITE
DOUBLE-GOURD VASE
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
Painted in underglaze blue with a majestic ho-o (phoenix) flying
above a trailing branch of kiri (paulownia) and kikyo (Chinese
bellflowers), the sides applied in relief with two handles in the form
of dragons. 26.2cm (10¼in) high.
£800 - 1,000
JPY120,000 - 150,000
US$1,100 - 1,300

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