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Incense burner
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Incense burner
- Place of origin:
Henan, China (possibly, made)
- Date:
1933 (dated)
- Artist/Maker:
unknown (production)
- Materials and Techniques:
Stoneware, decorated in underglaze cobalt blue
- Museum number:
FE.57-1985
- Gallery location:
Ceramics Study Galleries, Asia & Europe, room 137, case 15, shelf 2
Physical description
Decoration: Floral designs (sketchily executed) and inscription 'Made in a winter month of the 22nd year of the Chinese Republic, the mountains are clear and the waters are lovely, the mountains are colourful and the water bright'
Box: Red sealing wax Chinese customs export stamp
Place of Origin
Henan, China (possibly, made)
Date
1933 (dated)
Artist/maker
unknown (production)
Materials and Techniques
Stoneware, decorated in underglaze cobalt blue
Marks and inscriptions
'Minguo Sun ji' (Sun and company. Republic) in square raised seal on base
Dimensions
Height: 9.4 cm, Width: 14.0 cm
Object history note
Bought in the Zhengzhou Antique shop
Notes on significance: An example of local 'minyao'. Similar local pieces were seen in Shandong province on this visit
Materials
Stoneware
Techniques
Painted; Underglazed
Categories
Ceramics; Stoneware
Collection code
EAS
