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What is Hirado porcelain?

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What is Hirado porcelain?
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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Japanese Late Meiji Period Hirado Porcelain Incense Vessel, Ca. 1890-1910
Located in New York, NY
Japanese Late Meiji Period (1868-1912) Hirado Porcelain Incense Vessel Ca. 1890-1910 DIMENSIONS
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Antique 1890s Japanese Japonisme Ceramics

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Porcelain

Japanese Late Meiji Period Hirado Porcelain Incense Vessel, Ca. 1890-1910

Japanese Late Meiji Period Hirado Porcelain Incense Vessel, Ca. 1890-1910

$2,200
Japanese Art Nouvea Meiji Period Hirado Porcelain, Seated Sleeping Cat, ca. 1900
Located in New York, NY
Japanese Art Nouveau Meiji Period Hirado Porcelain Figure of Seated Sleeping Cat, Ca. 1900
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Antique Early 1900s Japanese Japonisme Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Japanese Art Nouvea Meiji Period Hirado Porcelain, Seated Sleeping Cat, ca. 1900

Japanese Art Nouvea Meiji Period Hirado Porcelain, Seated Sleeping Cat, ca. 1900

$4,200
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
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Japonisme Antiquities

Materials

Porcelain

Hirado Porcelain Koro Censer Meiji Dynasty

Hirado Porcelain Koro Censer Meiji Dynasty

$7,000
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
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic, Porcelain

Antique Japanese Hirado Porcelain Water Dropper/ Okimono in the Form of a Puppy.

Antique Japanese Hirado Porcelain Water Dropper/ Okimono in the Form of a Puppy.

$1,024
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
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Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

A Rare Edo Period Hirado Porcelain Netsuke, Japan Circa 1850

A Rare Edo Period Hirado Porcelain Netsuke, Japan Circa 1850

$1,200
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
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Inkwells

Materials

Porcelain

Antique Japanese Hirado Porcelain Ink Pot Well Scholar Table, 19th Cen

Antique Japanese Hirado Porcelain Ink Pot Well Scholar Table, 19th Cen

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