Large Hirado Mizusashi (Waterpot)

18th Century
Hirado Ware, Porcelain
Mikawachi, Sasebo City, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan
D: 21cm, H: 23cm

Large Mizusashi (waterpot) depicting in the four cardinal directions dragon amongst clouds, shishi dog amongst flowering peonies, auspicious cranes under a pine tree and tiger next to a bamboo tree. Complete with a lid with a biscuit fired hotei figure as the finial.