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Pourer for Sencha in the Form of an Encrusted Turbo Shell19th century

Not on view
Ceramic lidded vessel with mottled amber glaze, decorated with applied sculptural crabs in cobalt blue and amber, white shell forms, and a stippled domed lid with a blue finial

Unknown, Pourer for Sencha in the Form of an Encrusted Turbo Shell, 19th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Allan and Maxine Kurtzman, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Pourer for Sencha in the Form of an Encrusted Turbo Shell
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
19th century
Period
Edo period (1603-1868) or Meiji period (1868-1912)
Medium
Hirado Mikawachi ware; porcelain with iron and blue glazes
Dimensions
Overall (LE Inventory): 4 × 5 × 4 1/2 in. (10.16 × 12.7 × 11.43 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Allan and Maxine Kurtzman
Accession Number
AC1997.273.11a-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.