Round covered jar with shishi and auspicious symbols, Round covered pot of porcelain, painted in underglaze blue. On the outside wall four times a shishi (lion dog) with in between lucky symbols (horns, coins). On the shoulder a band with a meander pattern. The lid with the same decoration, bud in the shape of a bamboo branch. Blue and white Hirado., anonymous, Japan, c. 1750 - c. 1849, Edo-period (1600-1868), porcelain (material), glaze, cobalt (mineral), vitrification, h 17 cm h 14.6 cm d 13.5 cm d 20.4 cm d 10.9 cm h 2.9 cm × d 13.3 cm
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Round covered jar, shishi, auspicious symbols, Round covered pot, porcelain, painted, underglaze blue, outside wall four times, lion dog, lucky symbols, horns, coins, shoulder, band, meander pattern, lid, decoration, bud, shape, bamboo branch, Blue, white Hirado, Japan, c, 1750, 1849, Edo-period, 1600-1868, material, glaze, cobalt, mineral, vitrification
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