Museum Piece Japanese Edo 19th Hirado Blue & White Porcelain Mizusashi Water Jar

Museum Piece Japanese Edo 19th Hirado Blue & White Porcelain Mizusashi Water Jar
Museum Piece Japanese Edo 19th Hirado Blue & White Porcelain Mizusashi Water Jar
Museum Piece Japanese Edo 19th Hirado Blue & White Porcelain Mizusashi Water Jar
Museum Piece Japanese Edo 19th Hirado Blue & White Porcelain Mizusashi Water Jar
Museum Piece Japanese Edo 19th Hirado Blue & White Porcelain Mizusashi Water Jar
Museum Piece Japanese Edo 19th Hirado Blue & White Porcelain Mizusashi Water Jar
Museum Piece Japanese Edo 19th Hirado Blue & White Porcelain Mizusashi Water Jar
Museum Piece Japanese Edo 19th Hirado Blue & White Porcelain Mizusashi Water Jar
Museum Piece Japanese Edo 19th Hirado Blue & White Porcelain Mizusashi Water Jar
Museum Piece Japanese Edo 19th Hirado Blue & White Porcelain Mizusashi Water Jar
Museum Piece Japanese Edo 19th Hirado Blue & White Porcelain Mizusashi Water Jar
Museum Piece Japanese Edo 19th Hirado Blue & White Porcelain Mizusashi Water Jar

Museum Piece Japanese Edo 19th Hirado Blue & White Porcelain Mizusashi Water Jar
Oriental Antiques from Collector to Collector. Japanese Hirado ware blue and white porcelain fresh water jar with covered for tea ceremony (Mizusashi) with relief mold of Shishi lion. I don't know how Hirado potter did it, but there's a loose porcelain ball in the mouth of the Shishi lion on the lid. It can roll back and forward and make fun clunking sound whenever the lid is moved. It's date to circa 1820s.

This Mizusashi fresh water jar is 6.5"H X 7"W (16.51cm X 17.78cm). 9.5 high to top of foo lion on the lid. Small insignificant chip to Foo Lion ear as shown in photo.

Otherwise, item is in great condition with no damage such as cracks or hairlines. Item was examined under black UV light and has no restoration. Please study photos carefully for further condition detail. Japanese, late Edo period, first half of 19th C. The item "Museum Piece Japanese Edo 19th Hirado Blue & White Porcelain Mizusashi Water Jar" is in sale since Sunday, September 27, 2020. This item is in the category "Antiques\Asian Antiques\Japan\Vases". The seller is "baoming-collection" and is located in Davenport, Iowa. This item can be shipped worldwide.
Museum Piece Japanese Edo 19th Hirado Blue & White Porcelain Mizusashi Water Jar