Incense burner with Chinese sage

Details

• Title

  Incense burner with Chinese sage

• Artist/maker

  Katō Tamekichi (1771 - 1824) (potter)

• Associated place

  Asia › Japan › Honshū › Aichi prefecture › Owari province › Seto › Seto kiln-sites (place of creation)

• Date

  1816
  Edo Period (1600 - 1868)

• Material and technique

  porcelain, with underglaze painting in blue; wooden lid

• Object type

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

• Dimensions

  7.5 cm (height)
  7.8 cm (diameter)

• No. of items

  2

• Credit line

  Presented by David and Anne Hyatt King, through The Art Fund, 2014.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA2014.44

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