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Sake Ewer with Fenggan and Tiger Design, Dragon Handle and Spout19th century

Not on view
Blue-and-white porcelain ewer with double-gourd body, painted figural scene with phoenix and tigers, dragon-head spout, serpent handle, and lotus-petal lid

Unknown, Sake Ewer with Fenggan and Tiger Design, Dragon Handle and Spout, 19th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Allan and Maxine Kurtzman, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Sake Ewer with Fenggan and Tiger Design, Dragon Handle and Spout
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
19th century
Period
Edo period (1603-1868) or Meiji period (1868-1912)
Medium
Hirado Mikawachi ware, porcelain with underglaze blue
Dimensions
a) Lid: 2 3/4 x 2 1/8 in. (6.99 x 5.4 cm); b) Ewer: 7 7/8 x 7 7/8 x 4 3/4 in. (20 x 20 x 12.07 cm); Overall: 9 1/2 x 7 7/8 x 4 3/4 in. (24.13 x 20 x 12.07 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Allan and Maxine Kurtzman
Accession Number
M.2002.147.10a-b
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Singer, Robert; Hollis Goodall. Hirado Porcelain of Japan: From the Kurtzman Family Collection.
    Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1997.