Pair of Lanterns with Landscapes, Cranes, and Raised Dragons

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Pair of Lanterns with Landscapes, Cranes, and Raised Dragons

Alternate Title: Hirado Mikawachi yaki sometsuke sansui mon tatsu hori sukashibori tōrō

Japan, first half of 19th century
Ceramics
Hirado Mikawachi ware; porcelain with blue underglaze
Height: 19 3/8 in. (49.3 cm); Width: 5 7/8 in. (14.9 cm) base; Depth: 5 7/8 in. (14.9 cm) base, each
Gift of Allan and Maxine Kurtzman (AC1998.115.32.1-.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.