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What is Hirado porcelain?
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Hirado porcelain or Hirado ware is made in Japan. Most often it’s made in Makawachi so you will hear it referred to as Mikawachi ware at times. A sometsuke underglaze of cobalt and white is most popular as it highlights the fine grain of the porcelain and the complicated details and elaborate openwork. Shop a collection of Hirado ware from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
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Hirado Porcelain Koro Censer Meiji Dynasty
By Hirado
Located in Mérida, YU
This is an original Japanese Antique Porcelain Hirado Koro Censer circa 1850-1890 Meiji Dynasty.
In
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Japonisme Antiquities
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Japanese Hirado Porcelain Water Dropper/ Okimono in the Form of a Puppy.
Located in London, GB
Antique Japanese Hirado Porcelain
Water Dropper in the Form of a Puppy.
Meiji period
A Fine
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
A Rare Edo Period Hirado Porcelain Netsuke, Japan Circa 1850
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
The recumbent white porcelain figure of a pug dog shown baring its teeth, decorated by hand with
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Japanese Hirado Porcelain Ink Pot Well Scholar Table, 19th Cen
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Lovely and very detailed piece. Rare. Similar pieces are pictured in "Louis Lawrence : Hirado
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Inkwells
Materials
Porcelain
$438 Sale Price
20% Off
Japanese Octopus Water Dropper, c. 1830s
Located in Brisbane, QLD
golden age of Hirado porcelain which lasted from 1751-1843. Minor losses.
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Baluster type vase. Porcelain. Taisho period, Japan, 1912-1926.
Located in Madrid, ES
vase (due to its shape) in Hirado porcelain enameled in brown with iron oxide varnish and two scepter
Category
20th Century Japanese Taisho Vases
Materials
Other
