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백자투각용문지통, 白瓷透刻龍文紙筒
Korean
Joseon dynasty
19th century
Object Place: Korea

Medium/Technique White porcelain with openwork decoration
Dimensions Height: 18.5 cm (7 5/16 in.), Diameter of Rim: 19.2 cm (7 9/16 in.), Diameter of Foot: 16.3 cm (6 7/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection and Denman Waldo Ross
Accession Number99.272
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsCeramicsPorcelain

Provenance1880s, probably purchased in Japan by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston; 1899, gift of Bigelow and Denman Waldo Ross (b. 1853 - d. 1935), Cambridge to the MFA (Accession Date: November 7, 1899).