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Water jar

Description

Water-jar (mizusashi) of unglazed porcelain, with applique crabs and inscription of Chinese poems, and lid with crab-shaped knop, Hirado Mikawachi ware: Japan, Hizen province, Mikawachi, possibly 1880s

Museum reference

V.2015.10.96

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Water jar

Production information

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

Date

1880s

Materials

Porcelain

Exhibitions

  • Art of Ceramics (08 Feb 2019)
    National Museum of Scotland

On display

national museum of scotland »
level 3 »
art, design and fashion, art of ceramics

Credit

Presented by David and Anne Hyatt King through the Art Fund

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