Food Vessel in the Form of a Treasure Boat with Plovers and Waves

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Food Vessel in the Form of a Treasure Boat with Plovers and Waves

Alternate Title: Hirado Mikawachi yaki sometsuke takabunegata nami ni chidori mon hachi

Japan, late 19th century
Ceramics
Hirado Mikawachi ware; porcelain with underglaze blue
6 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 15 in. (16.51 x 11.43 x 38.10 cm)
Gift of Allan and Maxine Kurtzman (AC1997.273.30)
Not currently on public view

Bibliography

  • Singer, Robert; Hollis Goodall.  Hirado Porcelain of Japan: From the Kurtzman Family Collection.
    Los Angeles:  Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1997.