Posted 1 year ago
kwqd
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These unmarked hashioki are about 2" long x 1" wide x .5" high. They are hand painted but have no maker's mark and did not come with a box. Very inexpensive and quite pretty, an "odd" number of pieces.
UPDATE: A few months later, I found a boxed set of five which is pretty certainly from the same kiln. The sizes and design are the same and the hand painted storks are nearly identical. Guessing my set is the remains of two sets that have lost their boxes. It is also possible, looking at the box, that these hashioki could have been stored on their sides in a box allowing 8 or 10 hashioki to be stored. This set is shown in image #4. Text on the box says these are Imari, but the kiln has not been identified.
The text on the end of the box says: "Old Imari Crane"
The text on the lid of the box says: "Chopstick rests"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imari_ware
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An update on my stork hashioki!
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