Antique Japanese Hirado Porcelain Netsuke of a Shojo Drunken Sake Yokai
Porcelain Inro
Blue & White Flowers & Birds
Porcelain Netsuke
Shojo with Sake Cup Hat
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Type: Katabori Netsuke
Material: Glazed porcelain
Age: Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Origin/Maker: Hirado ware or Kyoto ware
Size: 2" tall (5.3 cm)
Weight: 1.1 oz
Provenance: eBay
Collected: 23 FEB 2015
Condition: Some scuffing and rough spots, mostly on reverse
Subject: Finely modelled as a drunken Shojo, wearing a large sake saucer as a hat and holding a ladle. The netsuke covered in an attractive, pure-white glaze. The back with large, asymmetrical himotoshi.
Antique Japanese Hirado Porcelain Netsuke of a Shojo Drunken Sake Yokai
Similar Examples:
A nearly identical example recently sold at auction through Galerie Zacke on 3 NOV 2023 for 500 EUR (Lot 348: A RARE HIRADO PORCELAIN NETSUKE OF A SHOJO)
Type: Inro & katabori netsuke
Material: Glazed porcelain
Age:
Origin/Maker: Inro has an underglaze blue "Fuku" mark, possibly an Eiraku mark. Likely either Hirado ware or Kyoto ware
Size:
Inro 2" tall
Netsuke 2" tall
Weight:
Provenance: eBay
Collected: 23 FEB 2015
Condition:
Subject: Inro decorated with flowers (possibly cherry blossoms) on one side, and birds (possibly cranes) on the other side. Netsuke of a Shojo (drunken sprite), holding a ladle and wearing a giant sake cup as a hat.
Location:
Material: Glazed porcelain
Age: Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Origin/Maker: Hirado ware or Kyoto ware
Size: 2" tall (5.3 cm)
Weight: 1.1 oz
Provenance: eBay
Collected: 23 FEB 2015
Condition: Some scuffing and rough spots, mostly on reverse
Subject: Finely modelled as a drunken Shojo, wearing a large sake saucer as a hat and holding a ladle. The netsuke covered in an attractive, pure-white glaze. The back with large, asymmetrical himotoshi.
Antique Japanese Hirado Porcelain Netsuke of a Shojo Drunken Sake Yokai
Similar Examples:
A nearly identical example recently sold at auction through Galerie Zacke on 3 NOV 2023 for 500 EUR (Lot 348: A RARE HIRADO PORCELAIN NETSUKE OF A SHOJO)
Type: Inro & katabori netsuke
Material: Glazed porcelain
Age:
Origin/Maker: Inro has an underglaze blue "Fuku" mark, possibly an Eiraku mark. Likely either Hirado ware or Kyoto ware
Size:
Inro 2" tall
Netsuke 2" tall
Weight:
Provenance: eBay
Collected: 23 FEB 2015
Condition:
Subject: Inro decorated with flowers (possibly cherry blossoms) on one side, and birds (possibly cranes) on the other side. Netsuke of a Shojo (drunken sprite), holding a ladle and wearing a giant sake cup as a hat.
Location: