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Pottery: Unknown
Incense burner and cover with trigrams. Porcelain, thrown, with parts attached, pierced and glazed. The domed cover is pierced with four trigrams between rows of three holes. The handles are pierced with similar rows of holes and the foot has shaped openings. The glaze has a pale bluish-green tone and evenly covers the piece. Traces of dark fire-clay supports mixed with sand are found around the footring and the rim of the cover.
History note: Unknown before donor
Given by Dr W.M. Tapp
Height: 16.3 cm
Width: 15.6 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1926-02-15) by Tapp, W. M., Dr
19th Century
Choson Dynasty (1392 - 1910)
Circa
1800
-
1900
Such censers were commonly used in the Choson period at ancestral ceremonies. The basic shape is derived from ancient Chinese bronzes, but the domed lid with faceted knob and the pierced decoration are more Korean. The trigrams appear as a group of eight in the Yijing, the Chinese Book of Changes, which makes it likely that two such incense burners decorated with different trigrams were used together as a pair.
Decoration
composed of
glaze
Foot
Diameter 9 cm
Parts
Throwing
: Porcelain, thrown, with parts attached, pierced, and glazed
Glazing (coating)
Accession number: C.17 & A-1930
Primary reference Number: 16533
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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