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Description: | Artist: Unknown; Date(s): circa 1770 - 1830; Classification(s): porcelain, incense burner, throwing, hard paste porcelain of octagonal form covered in a smooth sea-green celadon-glaze; Acquisition: bequeathed by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio, 1950, Bequeathed by H.S. Reitlinger, 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991. [C.732-1991]
Description: Incense burner or candlestick. Hard-paste porcelain of octagonal form, covered in a smooth sea-green celadon glaze. The saucer-shaped sconce is decorated on the exterior with moulded and incised lotus petals and lines. The plain interior of the sconce is pierced with a hole in the centre and resting on a tall, slightly flaring neck descending to a reticulated, octagonal section, moulded with four lotus heads. Beneath, two moulded peony lug handles protrude from a straight-sided octagonal section which rests on a bulbous octagonal body, moulded with lotus petals and supported by four `beast head' legs resting on an octagonal foot. The octagonal base is flat, and unglazed. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/terms.htm | Publisher: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Rights holder: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Subjects: | porcelain Unknown incense burner | Temporal: | name=Edo (Japanese period, 1615-1868); start=1770; end=1830 | Source: | Fitzwilliam Museum | Creator: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Identifier: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/opacdire... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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