A HIRADO JAR OF SQUAT BULBOUS FORM AND COVER decorated in underglaze blue with numerous karako at play, some chasing butterflies among pines and peonies, some making music and others on a hobby hose, the neck with blue border above a band of lappets, the cover decorated with pine and with a white moulded finial shaped as a pine branch (slight chips to the cover), late 19th century