Hirado vessel
Ceramics
Japan
Subject/design:
In the shape of a hi-ire (handwarmer)
Panoramic landscape
Materials:
Porcelain painted in underglaze cobalt blue
Date:
Meiji era, c. 1870-1890
Size:
19 cm x 14.5 cm
Place of origin:
Japan, Hirado, Mikawachi
Artist:
Unknown
Description:
A broad-base globular vessel with sides cut away in the form of a hi-ire handwarmer, having an overbridging handle with a ring in the centre at the top.
Round the sides is painted a panoramic landscape view with the island of Enoshima in the foreground, fishing-vessels with their sails rising above the sea-mist, and Mount Fuji towering over the opposite shore.
Inventory number:
CB.CJ.1932.75
Copyright:
Fondation Baur
Photographer:
Marian Gérard