Caption

Okimono in the shape of a taiko drum, maker possibly Nogawa, ca. 1890–1900 Meiji period, 1868–1912. Drum-shaped incense burner, Japan, Kyoto., Japanese Meiji-period vessel with butterflies, insects, plant motifs including paulownia. Height 15.0 cm, diameter 7.8 cm., A small decorative drum and a separate drum beater sit on a reflective surface against a plain light gray background. The drum is round with a warm brown and amber body showing darker brown floral motifs and black metal bands with rivets around its edges; it rests on a simple brass-colored stand with a few vertical supports. The beater is similarly colored in brown and amber with darker floral decorations and a brass-colored handle ending in a rounded loop; both objects cast faint reflections on the surface. The visible colors include brown, amber, brass-colored metal, black, and light gray.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A24_465

License type

Rights managed

Available size

77.2Mb (710.5Kb) / 15.0in x 20.0in / 4500 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Okimono shape taiko drum maker Nogawa ca 1890–1900 Meiji period 1868–1912 Drum-shaped incense burner Japan Kyoto Japanese Meiji-period vessel butterflies insects plant motifs paulownia Height 15.0 cm diameter 7.8 cm small decorative drum separate drum beater sit reflective surface plain light gray background drum round warm brown amber body showing darker brown floral motifs black metal bands rivets edges rests simple brass-colored stand vertical supports similarly colored brown amber darker floral decorations brass-colored handle ending rounded loop objects cast faint reflections surface visible colors include brass-colored metal black light gray.