Antique Japanese Hirado Porcelain Blue Ashtray Manju Netsuke Tea Utensils Japan
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Type: Ashtray Manju (Bun Shaped) Netsuke
Material: Glazed Porcelain
Age: Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Origin/Maker: Hirado ware, Japan.
Size: 1.575" long (4 cm), 1.575" wide (4 cm), 0.709" thick (1.8 cm)
Weight: 1.2 oz (35 g)
Provenance:
Present: Ryan Snooks collection of Japanese & Asian Decorative Art
Previous: Private Collection
Collected: 24 MAR 2018, Seller from Himeji, Japan
Condition: Good condition commensurate with age, see photos. Some light surface wear. Some crazing.
Subject: Decorated with underglaze blue and white designs of tea utensils. From top going clockwise: Chagama (tea kettle) with ladle, mizusashi (lidded water bowl), feather fan, chawan (tea bowl) and chasen (bamboo tea whisk), tea caddy and scoop, basket of charcoal, and lastly something I can't identify (possibly a vase?). Top rim of ashtray decorated with designs of flowers (sunflowers or chrysanthemums). Bottom and outside decorated with designs of manji surrounded by shippo.
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Antique Japanese Hirado Porcelain Blue Ashtray Manju Netsuke Tea Utensils Japan
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Type: Ashtray Manju (Bun Shaped) Netsuke
Material: Glazed Porcelain
Age: Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Origin/Maker: Hirado ware, Japan.
Size: 1.575" long (4 cm), 1.575" wide (4 cm), 0.709" thick (1.8 cm)
Weight: 1.2 oz (35 g)
Provenance:
Present: Ryan Snooks collection of Japanese & Asian Decorative Art
Previous: Private Collection
Collected: 24 MAR 2018, Seller from Himeji, Japan
Condition: Good condition commensurate with age, see photos. Some light surface wear. Some crazing.
Subject: Decorated with underglaze blue and white designs of tea utensils. From top going clockwise: Chagama (tea kettle) with ladle, mizusashi (lidded water bowl), feather fan, chawan (tea bowl) and chasen (bamboo tea whisk), tea caddy and scoop, basket of charcoal, and lastly something I can't identify (possibly a vase?). Top rim of ashtray decorated with designs of flowers (sunflowers or chrysanthemums). Bottom and outside decorated with designs of manji surrounded by shippo.
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Antique Japanese Hirado Porcelain Blue Ashtray Manju Netsuke Tea Utensils Japan