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Water Dropper for Calligraphy in the Form of a Chinese Boy on a Hobby Horse19th century

Not on view
Small ceramic figure of a round-faced, bald child in a cobalt blue jacket and mottled brown trousers, holding a small ivory-white animal mask
Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Water Dropper for Calligraphy in the Form of a Chinese Boy on a Hobby Horse
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
19th century
Period
Edo period (1603-1868) or Meiji period (1868-1912)
Medium
Hirado Mikawachi ware; porcelain with brown and black glazes, blue underglaze and iron
Dimensions
4 1/4 x 2 3/4 x 2 1/2 in. (10.9 x 7 x 6.2 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Allan and Maxine Kurtzman
Accession Number
AC1997.273.53
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.