Charcoal burner with flowering plants, birds and an inscription, Charcoal burner (hiire) of stoneware, painted in underglaze blue. The lower half of the bowl has a ribbed wall, divided into a band of elongated compartments with characters. Above that a band with three birds on a rock or a branch and medallions and cartouches with landscapes, people or napkins. The inner edge with a broad band with the 'three friends of winter' (bamboo, pine, prunus), with a bird on the prunus branch. The bottom is unglazed. Marked on the bottom with a six-character mark in a double circle and a depressed four
Charcoal burner with flowering plants, birds and an inscription, Charcoal burner (hiire) of stoneware, painted in underglaze blue. The lower half of the bowl has a ribbed wall, divided into a band of elongated compartments with characters. Above that a band with three birds on a rock or a branch and medallions and cartouches with landscapes, people or napkins. The inner edge with a broad band with the 'three friends of winter' (bamboo, pine, prunus), with a bird on the prunus branch. The bottom is unglazed. Marked on the bottom with a six-character mark in a double circle and a depressed four-character mark. Kyoyaki., anonymous, Japan, c. 1800 - c. 1849, Edo-period (1600-1868), stoneware, glaze, cobalt (mineral), vitrification, h cm d cm d
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Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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