Lantern

Description

Lantern of porcelain, with underglaze blue decoration of swimming carp, two entwined dragons in high relief on the stem and an openwork door: Japan, Hizen province, Hirado Mikawachi, c. 1870

Museum reference

V.2015.10.29

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Lantern

Production information

Japan, East Asia

Date

c. 1870

Materials

Porcelain

Physical description

Pagoda-shaped

Exhibitions

• Exploring East Asia (08 Feb 2019)
  National Museum of Scotland

References

Reproduced in Meiji: Japanese art in transition (Society for Japanese Arts and Crafts, 1987), p. 82

For a similar piece, see Louis Lawrence, Hirado: Prince of Porcelains (Art Media Resources, 1997), p. 73 and Robert T. Singer & Hollis Goodall, Hirado Porcelain of Japan from the Kurtzmann Family Collection (Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1997), fig. 30.

On display

national museum of scotland »
level 5 »
world cultures, exploring east asia

Credit

Presented by David and Anne Hyatt King through the Art Fund