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Celadon glazed stoneware incense burner, thrown, with luted, modelled and incised feet and handle. The bowl is circular with a flat base, and curved sides opening out towards the flat rim. The handle is in the form of a dragon's head and neck and three feet, one of which is below the handle.
The greenish grey glaze is unevenly applied.
History note: Purchased with its fitted inscribed wooden box from Mayuyama
Given by Godfrey St. George Montague Gompertz
Height: 10 cm
Length: 14.1 cm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Given
(1905-06-14)
by
Gompertz, Godfrey St. George Montague
Six Dynasties
220
-
589
589
Rim:
Diameter 10.3 cm
Feet And Handle:
Accession number: C.62-1992
Primary reference Number: 75693
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Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2020) "Incense burner"
Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/75693 Accessed: 2022-01-17 15:44:36
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Accession Number: C.53-1934
Accession Number: OC.129-1946
Accession Number: O.6 & A-1970
Accession Number: OC.32-1946
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