Incense Box
ca. 1930-1935 (made)
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Incense box and cover, stoneware, with a mottled deep brown glaze. Bowl-shaped body and shallow domed lid. On the lid, a wavy line and two dots and a band round the edge, and on the body a narrow band, are reserved in the whitish ground of the clay under a clear glaze. The remaining surface is covered with a rich dark brown glaze which in places shows signs of transmutation into a lighter brown.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Stoneware, with mottled deep brown glaze |
| Brief description | Incense box and cover, stoneware, made by Funaki Michitada at the kiln of Hamada Shoji, Japan, ca. 1930-1935. Elmhirst / Leach |
| Physical description | Incense box and cover, stoneware, with a mottled deep brown glaze. Bowl-shaped body and shallow domed lid. On the lid, a wavy line and two dots and a band round the edge, and on the body a narrow band, are reserved in the whitish ground of the clay under a clear glaze. The remaining surface is covered with a rich dark brown glaze which in places shows signs of transmutation into a lighter brown. |
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| Object history | Notes on significance: Made at Hamada Shoji's kiln near Tokyo |
| Production | Biographical reference: Hamada Shoji, 'Gendai no togei, Vol 17 (1977), p. 123 (NAL JK 17) Factory: Hamada Shoji's kiln |
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| Accession number | C.36&A-1936 |
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| Record created | February 12, 2000 |
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