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66 | A FINE HIRADO PORCELAIN
65 | A RARE HIRADO PORCELAIN KIRIN MIZUSASHI WITH IMMORTALS
Japan, late 19th century, Meiji period (1868-1912) Japan, 18th century, Edo period (1615-1868)

Finely modelled and incised depiction of the mythical unicorn The mizusashi (freshwater jar), used for the tea ceremony,
dramatically enhanced with flames and swirls painted in iron decorated in Hirado underglaze blue with a circumferential image
red and gold above the white Hirado glaze. Note the filigree of drunken immortals below a pine tree, gesticulating at each other.
openwork to nostril and beard and the blue glaze to the hoofs. The painting is extremely fine and shows dense rockwork below
the immortals and a waterfall descending from a mountainous
HEIGHT 26.5 cm landscape in the background. The lid with a pinecone as a finial.

Condition: Repair to two legs, horn and beard, but no spraying HEIGHT 22 cm
or replacements. Overall fine appearance.
Provenance: Swiss private collection. Old, illegible collector Condition: Superb condition with one small firing fault.
inscription to base. Provenance: From an Austrian private collection. Kept in the same
family since the first half of the 20th century and thence by descent.
Estimate EUR 600,-
Starting price EUR 300,- Estimate EUR 2.000,-
Starting price EUR 1.000,-

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