Dekor i wucaifärger av en lärd man och hans lärling i trädgårdslandskap. Diameter 10,8 cm. Höjd 8 cm.
Spricka, glasyrnagg.
Property of a private collector.
Purchased from Shangrila Antiques, Amsterdam, 2022.
Compare a wucai charcoal burner sold at Sothebys, lot 186. Chinese Art. 19 March 2024, New York.
Whilst this vessel may be considered to be a incense burner it is plausible that the object is connected with the use of tobacco, a fashionable pasttime in the 17th century Japan. Containers of this type, called iire in Japan, were used to place charcoal or hot ashes from whice a pipe could be lit.