Incense Burner
ca. 1750-1850 (made)
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Incense burner of stoneware with clear crackled glaze, painted in enamel colours with a hexagonal pattern, and two medallions in reserve containing a dragon and a bird in gold.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Stoneware painted in overglaze enamels and gilt |
| Brief description | Incense burner, stoneware with clear glaze over iron decoration on cream slip; Kyoto, Kiyomizu ware; Japanese, Edo period, ca. 1750-1850 |
| Physical description | Incense burner of stoneware with clear crackled glaze, painted in enamel colours with a hexagonal pattern, and two medallions in reserve containing a dragon and a bird in gold. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'Seikanji' impressed on base |
| Gallery label | INCENSE BURNER
Stoneware with clear crackled glaze and decoration in overglaze enamels and gilt
Mark Seikanji impressed on base
Kyoto, Kiyomizu ware
JAPANESE; c.1750-1850
272-1877(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. |
| Production | Made at Kiyomizu, in Kyoto |
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| Bibliographic reference | Augustus Wollaston Franks and M. Shioda, Japanese Pottery. [London]: Chapman & Hall Ltd., 1880. South Kensington Museum Art Handbooks; 18.
Catalogue number 114 |
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| Accession number | 272-1877 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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