A Bird-Form Porcelain Incense Burner (Koro)

EDO-MEIJI PERIODS (SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY)

Details

A Bird-Form Porcelain Incense Burner (Koro)
Edo-Meiji Periods (Second Half 19th Century)
Moulded in two parts as a grebe with articulated side and tail feathers and pierced on the back with three triangular holes to allow the release of fragrance, decorated in Kakiemon style in polychrome enamels and gilt over clear glaze, the interior undecorated; rims and flat base unglazed
6.7/8in. (17.5cm.) high; 5.7/8in. (15cm.) long

Provenance

Richard W. Weatherhead
Richard de la Mare, sold Sotheby's, London, 18 February, 1976, lot 56

Exhibited

The Arts Council Gallery, London, "The Oriental Ceramic Society: Loan Exhibition of Japanese Porcelain," 1956.3.28--4.28

Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
Catalogue of an exhibition of Japanese porcelain, intro. by Soame Jenyns (London: The Oriental Ceramic Society, 1956), cat. no. 282 (not illustrated; included in the section of "Arita polychrome figures").

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