Caption

Incense burner kôro of the ding type with a cover, ding vessels, Japanese art, floral pattern, covers, Japanese culture, komainu iconography, Meiji 1868–1912. Incense burner with two handles knobs, on three legs. Openwork cover decorated with a floral tendril and topped with a komainu figure mythical beast. 2nd half of the 19th century Meiji period, 1868–1912, Japan. Incense burner; height 13.8 cm, diameter 12.9 cm., A group of metal objects displayed on a reflective surface against a gray background includes a small tripod bowl with decorative reliefs and ring handles in dark brown and gold tones, a domed perforated lid topped by a small sculpted animal figure in gold, and several separate circular frames and rings in dark brown and coppery gold. The colors visible include gray, dark brown, gold, and copper.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A26_386

License type

Rights managed

Available size

77.2Mb (990.0Kb) / 20.0in x 15.0in / 6000 x 4500 (300dpi)

Keywords

Incense burner kôro ding type cover ding vessels Japanese art floral pattern covers Japanese culture komainu iconography Meiji 1868–1912 Incense burner two handles knobs three legs Openwork cover decorated floral tendril topped komainu figure mythical beast 2nd half 19th century Meiji period 1868–1912 Japan height 13.8 cm diameter 12.9 cm group metal objects displayed reflective surface gray background includes small tripod bowl decorative reliefs ring handles dark brown gold tones domed perforated lid topped small sculpted animal figure gold several separate circular frames rings coppery gold colors visible include gray copper.