Cold-Water Jar with Landscapes, Chinese Lions, and Raised Monster Masks; Chinese Lion Knop

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Cold-Water Jar with Landscapes, Chinese Lions, and Raised Monster Masks; Chinese Lion Knop

Alternate Title: 平戸三河内染付獅子耳獅子刻龍獅子山水文水指

Japan, first half 19th century
Ceramics
Hirado Mikawachi ware; porcelain with underglaze blue
Height: 9 5/8 in. (24.3 cm); Diameter: 8 5/8 in. (21.8 cm)
Gift of Allan and Maxine Kurtzman (AC1997.273.2.1-.2)
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.