incense-burner;
lid
- Museum number
- 1980,0227.25.a-b
- Description
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Lidded incense-burner. Spherical body with openwork panel and two monster masks on sides, surmounted by lion-dog, supported on column with two high-relief dragons wrapped around, on three-stepped base. Made of carved, moulded and applied porcelain with underglaze blue decoration. Hirado ware.
- Production date
- 1868-1899
- Dimensions
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Height: 22 centimetres (+lid)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Reproduced in David Hyatt King, “Hirado Porcelain: Its Dating,” Transactions of the Oriental Ceramics Society, fig. 21.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1980
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 1980,0227.25.a-b
