Period:Unknown Production date:1630s-1640s (circa)
Materials:porcelain, silver,
Technique:glazed, underglazed,
Dimensions:Diameter: 7.60 centimetres Height: 6.20 centimetres
Description:
Incense-burner. Shonzui ware. Made of porcelain decorated with underglaze cobalt blue in a geometric pattern. With lid of openwork silver.
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Comments:染付香合 中国 祥瑞 景徳鎮窯Chinese incense burner with geometric patterns and silver lidThis insense holder, with its delicate and symmetrical geometric patterning on the exterior in a violet shade of cobalt blue, is a classic example of Shonzui ware. It was made for the Japanese market in the Jingdezhen kilns in China from 1630-40s. It has a silver reticulated lid, which is a later addition, added in Japan deuring the last century.Porcelain with cobalt blue under-glaze,Shonzui ware, Jingdezhen kilns, China, 1630-1645Bequeathed by Oscar Charles Raphael日本向け中国磁器Chinese porcelains for JapanFrom the early 1600s Japanese merchants ordered Chinese porcelains in shapes and designs that suited the Japanese marcket.Each of the three small incense containers has a playful shape that appealed to Japanese taste. The potter deliberately distorted the shape of the water jar with his elbow, something never done for Chinese customers.(Label copy, 2017) This insence burner was made in Jingdezhen kilns in Jiangxi Province China specifically for the Japanese market in the early Edo Period.
Materials:porcelain, silver,
Technique:glazed, underglazed,
Dimensions:Diameter: 7.60 centimetres Height: 6.20 centimetres
Description:
Incense-burner. Shonzui ware. Made of porcelain decorated with underglaze cobalt blue in a geometric pattern. With lid of openwork silver.
IMG
Comments:染付香合 中国 祥瑞 景徳鎮窯Chinese incense burner with geometric patterns and silver lidThis insense holder, with its delicate and symmetrical geometric patterning on the exterior in a violet shade of cobalt blue, is a classic example of Shonzui ware. It was made for the Japanese market in the Jingdezhen kilns in China from 1630-40s. It has a silver reticulated lid, which is a later addition, added in Japan deuring the last century.Porcelain with cobalt blue under-glaze,Shonzui ware, Jingdezhen kilns, China, 1630-1645Bequeathed by Oscar Charles Raphael日本向け中国磁器Chinese porcelains for JapanFrom the early 1600s Japanese merchants ordered Chinese porcelains in shapes and designs that suited the Japanese marcket.Each of the three small incense containers has a playful shape that appealed to Japanese taste. The potter deliberately distorted the shape of the water jar with his elbow, something never done for Chinese customers.(Label copy, 2017) This insence burner was made in Jingdezhen kilns in Jiangxi Province China specifically for the Japanese market in the early Edo Period.
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