Incense burner, refashioned from a bottle

Originally this item was a long-necked bottle. The neck was broken off and repaired to serve as an incense burner. Globular shape with silver rim and pierced copper cover.
Clay: hard, ringing
Glaze: gray-white, closely crackled.
Decoration: in gray-blue, under glaze.

Historical period(s): Edo period, late 18th-19th century

Medium: Porcelain with cobalt decoration under clear glaze; silver lid

Style: Kyoto-related ware

Dimensions: H x W (overall): 12.5 x 15.2 cm (4 15/16 x 6 in)

Geography: Japan

Credit Line: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number: F1892.31a-b

On View Location: Currently not on view

Classification(s): Ceramic, Vessel

Type: Incense burner

Keywords: Edo period (1615 - 1868), incense, Japan, Kyoto ware, porcelain

Provenance

To 1892
Tozo Takayanagi, New York to 1892 [1]

From 1892 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Tozo Takayanagi in 1892 [2]

From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

Notes:

[1] See Original Pottery List, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

[2] See note 1.

[3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.

Previous Owner(s): Takayanagi Tozo (C.L. Freer source)
Charles Lang Freer 1854 - 1919

Description: Originally this item was a long-necked bottle. The neck was broken off and repaired to serve as an incense burner. Globular shape with silver rim and pierced copper cover.
Clay: hard, ringing
Glaze: gray-white, closely crackled.
Decoration: in gray-blue, under glaze.

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