Okimono: seated Chinese boy (karako) holding a paper roll

Japanese Collection

Accession Nr.: 53.265.1
Type: ceramics
Date of production:
19. század második fele
Meiji era
Place of production:
Signed: Unsigned
Materials/Techniques: earthenware, crackled glaze, polychrome overglaze decoration, gilt
Dimensions: height: 6.8 cm
width: 4.5 cm
depth: 4.5 cm
Similar examples: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/47975; https://www.eldreds.com/auction-lot/satsuma-pottery-figure-depicting-a-karako-beating_5C86FFDE51
鹿児島県歴史資料センター黎明館 [Kagoshima Prefectural History and Documentation Centre, Reimeikan] ed., 『華麗なる薩摩焼 : 万国博覧会の時代のきらめき : 明治維新150周年記念黎明館企画特別展』 [Splendid Satsuma porcelain: the glitter of the World Exposition era: a special exhibition planned by the Reimeikan to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Meiji Restoration] / Meiji restoration for Satsuma ware. Expansion after the Universal Exposition 1867. Kagoshima, 鹿児島県歴史資料センター黎明館, 2018, n. 185.