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 province; vessel, incense burner; height 12 cm, diameter 9 cm, A small ornate ceramic vessel sits against a plain gray background, featuring a rounded body on three short tripod legs with curled ends, each leg painted in blue and red with yellow highlights. The body is decorated all around with a busy scene rendered in multiple colors including blue, green, yellow, red, pink, white, and black, and it has a raised circular ring ornament on the front painted red with blue accents. The domed lid has vertical open slits and a banded rim with red and white details, topped by a sculpted mythical creature in red and yellow with black and purple painted facial and body markings. The piece casts a soft reflection on the surface below, showing mirrored hues of red, blue, and yellow.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A28_247

License type

Rights managed

Available size

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 province vessel incense burner height 12 cm diameter 9 cm small ornate ceramic vessel sits plain gray background featuring rounded body three short tripod legs curled ends leg painted yellow highlights body decorated busy scene rendered multiple colors pink white black raised circular ring ornament front painted blue accents domed lid vertical open slits banded rim white details topped sculpted mythical creature facial body markings piece casts soft reflection surface showing mirrored hues yellow.