Vase with Open Work, Blossoming Cherry, Carp, and Stream

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Vase with Open Work, Blossoming Cherry, Carp, and Stream

Alternate Title: 平戸三河内焼染付桜鯉川文透彫花瓶

Japan, early 20th century
Ceramics
Hirado Mikawachi ware; porcelain with underglaze blue and iron
11 3/4 x 5 3/4 (shoulder Diameter) in. (30 x 14.5 cm)
Gift of Allan and Maxine Kurtzman (AC1997.273.56)
Not currently on public view

Bibliography

  • Foxwell, Chelsea, and Bradley M. Bailey. Meiji Modern: Fifty Years of New Japan. Lexington, MA: Japanese Art Society fo America, 2023.
  • Singer, Robert; Hollis Goodall.  Hirado Porcelain of Japan: From the Kurtzman Family Collection.
    Los Angeles:  Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1997.