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Rectangular incense burner


청자양각연지수금문방형향로, 靑瓷陽刻蓮池水禽文方形香爐
Korean
Goryeo dynasty
early 12th century
Object Place: Korea

Medium/Technique Stoneware with celadon glaze and impressed decoration
Dimensions L. 16 cm (6 5/16 in.), w. 10.8 cm (4 1/4 in.), h. 14 cm (5 1/2 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Albertine W. F. Valentine, residuary legatee under the will of Hervey E. Wetzel
Accession Number19.678
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsCeramicsPotteryStoneware

Catalogue Raisonné MFA Highlights: Arts of Korea (2012), p. 77
ProvenanceBy 1918, Hervey E. Wetzel (b. 1888 - d. 1918), Boston; 1918, by inheritance from her cousin, Mrs. Albertine W. F. Valentine, Chicago [see note 1]; 1919, gift of Mrs. Albertine W. F. Valentine, residuary legatee under the will of Hervey E. Wetzel, to the MFA. (Accession date: March 31, 1919)

Notes:
[1] See Wetzel's will of November 8, 1918.