Lot 1090 A JAPANESE BLUE AND WHITE KORANSHA BOX WITH HARE, MEIJI PERIOD (1868-1912)

A Japanese porcelain box of cylindrical shape, the two parts fitting snugly together. The flat top is painted in underglaze blue with a hare, seen head on and sitting with large ears spreads out. Around the border is a row of semi circles. The sides of the box are painted with a quatrefoil diaper pattern. The slightly recessed centre of the base has a square seal mark, reading Koransha. The interior in covered in a plain white glaze. The rims of the box as well as the foot rim are underglaze.
Diameter: 7 cm.
Height: 1.5 cm.