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Incense burner with perforated cover

18th–19th century
Object PlaceHirado
Medium/TechniqueHirado ware; porcelain with underglaze blue decoration
DimensionsOverall: height: 6.8 x diameter: 8.1 cm (2 11/16 x 3 3/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.24087
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCeramics
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)

NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.
18th–19th century
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Artist unknown, Japanese
18th–19th century
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Hirado School
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Artist unknown, Japanese
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