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Cover for Incense Burner
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Cover for Incense Burner

late 1800s · Gilt bronze

From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

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.

Cleveland Museum of Art’s own description
Credit lineCover 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

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