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Covered Incense Burner
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This incense burner emulates Chinese porcelain in its glaze and form. A number of prominent Meiji-period ceramicists explored classical Chinese forms and glazes even as they also produced stoneware with Japanese-style glazes.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineCovered Incense Burner (香炉), late 1800s. Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912). Porcelain with gilt bronze cover; 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
