Cover for Incense Burner
late 1800s
Maker Unknown
Japanese Art
Cover for Incense Burner, late 1800s. Japan, Meiji period (1868-1912). Gilt bronze; diameter of mouth: 14.6 cm (5 3/4 in.); overall: 12.4 cm (4 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Hiroshi Hirota 1972.88.b This incense burner emulates Chinese porcelain in its glaze and form. A number of prominent ceramicists of the Meiji period explored classical Chinese forms and glazes, even as they also produced stoneware with Japanese-style glazes.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Ceramic
- Formatted Medium
- Gilt bronze
- Dimensions
- Diameter of mouth: 14.6 cm (5 3/4 in.); Overall: 12.4 cm (4 7/8 in.)
- Departments
- Japanese Art
- Accession Number
- 1972.88.b
- Credit Line
- Gift of Hiroshi Hirota
- Exhibitions
- Year in Review: 1972, Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation - January-July 2017, Japan's Floating World (Japanese art rotation) 235
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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