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Description

Sencha teapot with lid of porcelain in the form of a white tortoise, Hirado Mikawachi ware: Japan, Hizen province, Mikawachi, c. 1780 - 1820

Museum reference

V.2015.10.34

Collection

Object name

Production information

Mikawachi, Sasebo-shi, Nagasaki-ken, Japan, East Asia

Date

c. 1780 - 1820

Materials

Physical description

White

References

David Hyatt King, Delights for an Elite - Hirado's Earlier Figures and Models: A Suggested Chronology circa 1660-1830, Transactions of the Oriental Ceramics Society 79 (2014-15), fig. 16.

Credit

Presented by David and Anne Hyatt King through the Art Fund

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