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A Hirado Okimono - Father & Child – Museum Quality browse these categories for related items... All Items: Archives:Regional Art:Asian:Japanese: Pre 1900: item # 854241 Please refer to our stock # ICHI 1047 when inquiring.
Ichiban Japanese & Oriental Antiques Post Office Box 395 Marion, CT 06444-0395 203.272.7392 Guest Book SOLD - $1,495.00 |
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This is one of the premier pieces of Hirado in our extensive collection of Hirado. It depicts a father and son in a seated position with the father holding his arms around his son. The glaze is the classic soft Hirado white glaze - with Hirado blue highlights to the hair of both figures and the foot of the father. There are also small highlights of rust brown on the father’s cuffs and the boy’s front buttons. The okimono measures 2 ¼” high by 2” wide by 2 1/8” deep. We date it to the late Edo to early Meiji period,circa 1850-1880. It is in mint condition and truly deserves the designation as museum quality. Louis Lawrence, in his book "Hirado, Prince of Porcelain", accurately summed up why this Japanese porcelain is widely regarded as the finest to ever come out of Japan - it is a true world class ceramic made of the finest clay from Amakusa Island. Hirado is characterized by the extreme smoothness of the clay and its ability to adapt to very unusual shapes because of its malleability and resistance to running in the firing process. |
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