$2,794
Estimate: $2,500 - $3,500
Auction: April 9, 2024 at 10:00 AM ET
With tapered ovoid body on domed foot, flared neck with tall everted rim, incised with lotus scrolls, carved lappets at the shoulder and base; the body painted with willow fronds and vegetation, with three crabs carved in low relief, painted lappet borders to the neck, wave border to the foot; unsigned
H: 16 in.
For a charger carved with crabs, see Louis Lawrence, “Hirado, Prince of Porcelains”, Chicago, 1997, p. 74, pl. 46.