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Lid for an Incense Burner
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About this work
Yohei III made incense burners in a wide variety of designs and styles. The body and glaze of this one are taihakuji , or “great white porcelain,” an important early invention Yohei III devised in 1872 that involved the combination of a distinctive translucent, creamy glaze over an ivory-colored clay body. The burner has rounded, cabriole legs, resembling tiny table legs, attached to the exterior and the faintest decorative band around the bottom. It has a floral-patterned silver lid.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineLid for an Incense Burner, 1893–1914. Seifū Yohei III (Japanese, 1851–1914). Floral openwork silver lid. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of James and Christine Heusinger, 2022.179.b
