$5,398
Estimate: $2,500 - $3,500
Auction: April 9, 2024 at 10:00 AM ET
Of tapered vasiform, with a pair of beast-head handles at the shoulder, the body painted with flying cranes and twisted pine boughs, lappet border at the lip; wave border at the foot, underside inscribed with maker's and painter's marks, as well as Hirado marks.
H: 14 in.
For two other works decorated by Imamura Rokuro, see Louis Lawrence, “Hirado, Prince of Porcelains”, Chicago, 1997, frontispiece and p. 159, nos. 76, 77, the author suggests the artist was one of Hirado's finest painters.