Paper holder

19th century

Object PlaceKorea

Medium/TechniqueWhite porcelain with openwork decoration

DimensionsHeight: 18.5 cm (7 5/16 in.), Diameter of Rim: 19.2 cm (7 9/16 in.), Diameter of Foot: 16.3 cm (6 7/16 in.)

Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection and Denman Waldo Ross

Accession number99.272

On View

On view

ClassificationsCeramics

Collections

Asia

Provenance1880s, probably purchased in Japan by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston; 1899, gift of Bigelow and Denman Waldo Ross (b. 1853 - d. 1935), Cambridge to the MFA (Accession Date: November 7, 1899).

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