Hirado peach shaped blue and white landscape

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Manager ID

799

Title

Hirado peach shaped blue and white landscape decorated box Japan, early 19th century

Short title

Hirado peach shaped blue and white landscape

Record number

BATEA : 793

Simple name

box

Classified name

ceramic; porcelain; blue and white; Japan; box; fruit; peach; Hirado; landscape; figure; animal; bat; fisherman; butterfly; 19th century;

Description

Description part summary

A Hirado porcelain blue and white covered box in the form of a peach with applied leaves and a bat. The piece is painted on one side with a fisherman in a watery landscape, on the other with a butterfly collector in a pastoral landscape.

Description material

porcelain

Description condition

small chip inside rim of lower half

Description Colour

Aspect	Colour

body	white
decoration	blue

Description length

Description height

6.5 cm

Description diameter

Description width

8 cm

Description depth

Description inscription

Description notes

Gallery location

Gallery 2

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