Caption

Incense burner with lid, Kutani, figurative scenes, Japanese art, Japanese culture, colored porcelain, karashishi iconography, deer, Meiji 1868–1912, porcelain body, grayish, white glaze with a bluish tint; decoration painted with overglaze paints: green, purple, red, blue, yellow in black outlines; 19th/20th century Meiji period; Japan, Kaga; vessel, incense burner; height 12 cm, diameter 9 cm., A small ornate round vessel with a domed pierced lid topped by a crouching animal figure, the object decorated all over with intricate painted motifs in red, blue, yellow, green, and creamy white; the lid has ribbed openings and the animal finial shows red and dark brown with yellow spots, while the body displays a banded rim in red and blue and multicolored scene-like patterns; the vessel stands on a group of small curved legs painted in blue and red with touches of yellow, and it sits on a reflective surface against a plain gray background.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A28_246

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Rights managed

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103.0Mb (1.3Mb) / 20.0in x 20.0in / 6000 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Incense burner lid Kutani figurative scenes Japanese art Japanese culture colored porcelain karashishi iconography deer Meiji 1868–1912 porcelain body grayish white glaze bluish tint decoration painted overglaze paints green purple red blue yellow black outlines 19th 20th century Meiji period Japan Kaga vessel incense burner height 12 cm diameter 9 cm small ornate round vessel domed pierced topped crouching animal figure object decorated intricate painted motifs creamy white ribbed openings animal finial dark brown yellow spots body displays banded rim multicolored scene- patterns vessel stands group small curved legs painted touches sits reflective surface plain gray background.