Censer in Form of a Rooster Perched on a Rooftop

Medium

Stoneware covered with a thin glaze showing lustre (Bizen ware)

Dimensions

H. 6 3/8 in. (16.2 cm); W. 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm); L. 5 7/8 in. (14.9 cm)

Classification

Ceramics

Culture & Period

Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)

Department

Asian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Mrs. V. Everit Macy, 1923

Accession Number

23.225.35a, b

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