Shiwan Ware Incense Burner with Raised Legs
Artist
Shiwan Ware
(Chinese)
Place of ManufactureAsia
MediumMaterial: stoneware; glaze, enamel, grey, white
DimensionsOverall: 15.5 x 9.2 x 11.2 cm
ClassificationsDECORATIVE ART
Credit LineGift of the American Friends of Canada through the generosity of Carol Potter Peckham
Object number2006.014.034
DescriptionRectangular shaped receptacle with tall legs shaped as elephant heads with tusk and trunks at the feet. Shoulders have two upright rectangular handles and there is a rectangular opening at top with an inner flange. The interior and the exterior have a crackled glaze of mottled grey and white.Colour: grey; white
Status
Not on view1903
Shiwan Ware
c.1850
Shiwan Ware
Gauermann, Friedrich, attributed to
Shiwan Ware
Shiwan Ware
Hirado Kilns