Chinese boy holding a Daikoku mask.
Made of partially glazed porcelain.
Edo Period
Date1800s (early)

The netsuke was fired in the Mikawachi area kilns of Hizen province (current Nagasaki and Saga prefectures) in Kyushu, the southern island of Japan. The official kiln of the Hirado clan was located there, and the area’s kilns generally produced fine white porcelain, for both the domestic and European markets, from the later part of the seventeenth century to the present

Category:

Netsuke

Subcategory:

-

Subject:

Children

Material:

Clay/porcelain

Age/Country:

19th Century

Artist:

-

Provenance/Owner:

Roman Vishniac (1897-1990)

Signed:

unsigned

Type:

Tall figural

Height:

63mm mm

Width:

31mm mm

Depth:

31mm mm

ID number:

1160