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Japanese Hirado Porcelain Plate with Cranes browse these categories for related items... All Items: Archives:Regional Art:Asian:Japanese: Pre 1910: item # 97344 Please refer to our stock # 2B-586 when inquiring.
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| This fine example of Hirado porcelain is a plate beautifully decorated with a scene of two blue and white cranes standing in water, all against a soft pale blue ground. Ca.1900. The pure white exterior of the bowl is decorated with three underglaze cobalt blue flower scrolls. The characteristic fine-grained milky white porcelain body is covered in a pure lustrous glaze. (For a nearly identical plate which was exhibited at the Art Asia Museum, see Catalog No. 38 on page 68 of “Hirado Ware” by C. Philip Cardeiro.) Hirado wares are considered to be among the finest porcelains ever made in Japan, and they are highly prized among today’s collectors. Hirado was produced at Mikawachi near Arita, and for much of its history was made under the patronage of the lords of Hirado. Aristocratic patronage ended in the 1830’s with the commercialization of the kilns; however, the quality of Hirado remained very high. Hirado ware consists of a very pure, fine-grained and high-quality white porcelain, usually decorated in underglaze cobalt blue. Running a finger over the satin-smooth unglazed part of the foot rim of this dish is an indicator that this piece had its origins at the Mikawachi kilns. Condition is excellent, a just a tiny imperceptible hairline on the plate’s back edge. Overall dimensions: 8 ˝” diameter, 1 3/8” high. | |||||||||
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