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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Incense Burner

ca. 1700-1725 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Figure of a cockerel possibly intended as an incense burner, porcelain with clear glaze and decoration in overglaze enamels and gilt.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Incense Burner
  • Lid
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted in overglaze enamels and gilt
Brief description
Figure of a cockerel possibly intended as an incense burner, porcelain painted in overglaze enamels and gilt; Japan, Arita kilns, Edo period, ca. 1700-1725
Physical description
Figure of a cockerel possibly intended as an incense burner, porcelain with clear glaze and decoration in overglaze enamels and gilt.
Dimensions
  • Height: 24.8cm
  • Length: 18.4cm
Styles
Gallery label
FIGURE OF A COCKEREL POSSIBLY INTENDED AS AN INCENSE BURNER Porcelain with clear glaze and decoration in overglaze enamels and gilt Arita ware JAPANESE; c.1700-1725 329-1877(As at 2005)
Object history
Purchased from the Japanese Commissioners for the Philadelphia Exposition of 1876, accessioned in 1877. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project.
Subject depicted
Association
Bibliographic reference
Augustus Wollaston Franks and M. Shioda, Japanese Pottery. [London]: Chapman & Hall Ltd., 1880. South Kensington Museum Art Handbooks; 18. Catalogue number 171
Collection
Accession number
329&LID-1877

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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