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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Incense Box

ca. 1930-1935 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Bowl-shaped body and domed lid on which a star-pattern is left reserved in the whitish clay under a clear glaze.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Incense Box
  • Lid
Materials and techniques
Stoneware, with mottled yellow-brown glaze
Brief description
Incense box and lid, stoneware, with mottled yellow-brown glaze; made by Funaki Michitada at Fujina potteryy, Japan (Matsue), about 1930-35.
Physical description
Bowl-shaped body and domed lid on which a star-pattern is left reserved in the whitish clay under a clear glaze.
Dimensions
  • Height: 3.8cm
Style
Credit line
Given by Mr Leonard Elmhirst
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
See biogref
Collection
Accession number
C.35&A-1936

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Record createdFebruary 12, 2000
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