Incense burner, or kōro, with fruiting pomegranate

Details

• Title

  Incense burner, or kōro, with fruiting pomegranate

• Artist/maker

  possibly Kakiemon workshops (established mid-17th century) (potter)

• Associated place

  Asia › Japan › Kyūshū › Saga prefecture › Arita › Arita kiln-sites (place of creation)

  Asia › Japan › Kyūshū › Saga prefecture › Arita › Arita kiln-sites › Nangawara › Kakiemon kiln-sites (possible) (possible place of creation)

  Europe (original location)

• Date

  c. 1680 - 1700
  Edo Period (1600 - 1868)

• Material and technique

  porcelain, press-moulded, with moulded legs, handles, and knob, and polychrome overglaze enamels; cut rim

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › porcelain

• Technique index

  covered › coated › enamelled;

  formed › moulded;

  formed › moulded › press moulded;

  cut;

  glazed

• Object type

  miscellaneous equipment › lid;

  fire/fire-lighting equipment › burner › incense-burner › koro

• Dimensions

  16.2 cm (height)
  8.2 cm (diameter)

• No. of items

  2

• Credit line

  Gift of Gerald Reitlinger, 1978.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1978.669

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