Incense Burner ("Koro") in Form of a Dog

Description Conservation Provenance Credit

Description This is an example of Hirado ware.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
5/24/1959	Treatment	cleaned
9/18/1971	Treatment	cleaned
6/24/1980	Treatment	cleaned

Provenance William T. Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by William T. Walters

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Creator

Japanese (Artist)

Period

ca. 1750-1800 (Edo)

Medium

porcelain with underglaze blue
(Ceramics)

Accession Number

49.1128

Measurements

Overall H: 5 1/8 × W: 3 7/8 × D: 5 1/4 in. (13 × 9.8 × 13.3 cm)

Geographies

Japan (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View