Lot 753 , A Japanese Hirado blue and white sake flask (tokkuri), c.1750-1800, 18.5cm

A Japanese Hirado blue and white sake flask (tokkuri), c.1750-1800, painted with a mountainous river landscape scene, 18.5cm
Estimate £200-300

Compare a dish in the Brooklyn Museum, New York and a flask in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art ref. AC1997.273.38, both painted in underglaze blue with a similar style of landscape scene.

Has some light speckling to the glaze around the neck and on the shoulder, a slight orange patch on the rim made in firing and a slight firing imperfection to the inside of the foot which is not visible when viewed sideways on, where the glazed has pooled to the base it has turned a pale green colour in patches.


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Sold for £850