Caption

Censer kôro, Japanese, Meiji period 2nd half of the 19th century. Vessel, height 26.0 cm, width 22.5 cm, weight 2.84 kg. The cover is topped with a full-plastic figurine of a squirrel. The belly is decorated in high relief with a motif of a squirrel on a vine. Two handles are in the shape of grape clusters. Japanese art; motifs: squirrels, grapes., A round, brown metal vessel lies on its side with a few short cylindrical protrusions extending outward and several raised leaf and grape cluster decorations on its surface, next to a separate brown metal lid topped by a small sculpted animal figure perched among a cluster of grapes and leaves; the background is a uniform pale gray and the objects cast soft reflections on the glossy surface beneath them, with visible colors including brown, pale beige at the ends of the protrusions, and gray.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A24_159

License type

Rights managed

Available size

77.2Mb (1.2Mb) / 15.0in x 20.0in / 4500 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Censer kôro Japanese Meiji period 2nd half 19th century Vessel height 26.0 cm width 22.5 cm weight 2.84 kg cover topped full-plastic figurine squirrel belly decorated high relief motif vine Two handles shape grape clusters Japanese art motifs squirrels grapes round brown metal vessel lies side short cylindrical protrusions extending outward several raised leaf grape cluster decorations surface next separate brown metal lid topped small sculpted animal figure perched cluster leaves background uniform pale gray objects cast soft reflections glossy beneath them visible colors pale beige ends protrusions gray.