Incense Burner ("Koro") Supported by Entwined Dragons

Description This is an example of Hirado ware from the Mikawachi Kilns.

Exhibitions

• Hirado Porcelain. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1980-1981.

Provenance William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore, prior to 1896 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Inscriptions [Transcription] hirado san mikawachi richiku sei; [Translation] Product of Hirado, Mikawachi [kiln] made by Richiku

Credit Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters, before 1896