Desk Screen in the Form of Sun and Waves with Designs of a Dragon and the Married Islands of Futamigaura

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Desk Screen in the Form of Sun and Waves with Designs of a Dragon and the Married Islands of Futamigaura

Alternate Title: 平戸三河内焼染付龍二見ヶ浦文旭日に波形硯屏

Japan, second half of 19th century
Ceramics
Hirado Mikawachi ware; porcelain with underglaze blue
5 1/8 x 5 1/2 x 1 1/4 in. (13 x 14 x 3.3 cm)
Gift of Allan and Maxine Kurtzman (AC1997.273.52)
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.