Incense Burner

72-22-3A

From: Japan

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 72-22-3A
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Japanese | Buddhist
Provenience Japan
Period Meiji
Date Made 19th Century
Section Asian
Materials Stoneware | Slip | Enamel
Technique Satsuma
Iconography Rakan | Confucian Scholars | Go | Tea | Arhat
Description

Three footed stoneware incense burner with lid. The top of the lid has a seated lion figure and on the sides are birds. Decoration is in the multi-colored Satsuma style with figures of eight rakan (Chinese: luohan) on one side and Confucian scholars, two playing a boardgame, on the other.

Credit Line Gift of Richard F. Warren, 1972
Other Number 70-22-3A - Other Number

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