Incense Burner
ca. 1800 (made)
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A six-lobed incense burner with a design of dragonflies, in gold togidashi maki-e (polished out maki-e) and mura-nash-ji (gold powder in cloud-form) lacquer on a black lacquer ground, with a silver rim and removable openwork cover and metal liner.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Wood covered in black and gold lacquer with a silver rim and cover |
| Brief description | Six-lobed incense burner with silver rim and cover, dragonflies in black and gold lacquer, signed Shunsho; Japan, ca. 1800 |
| Physical description | A six-lobed incense burner with a design of dragonflies, in gold togidashi maki-e (polished out maki-e) and mura-nash-ji (gold powder in cloud-form) lacquer on a black lacquer ground, with a silver rim and removable openwork cover and metal liner. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Signed 'Shunsho' with seal-mark 'Shunsho' |
| Gallery label | Incense burner
Wood covered in black lacquer with gold hiramaki-e lacquer and gold filings; silver rim and cover
Dragonflies
Signed Shunsho
About 1800
W.657-1910
Salting Bequest
In the Incense ceremony, incense burners holding small slivers of burning incense are passed from player to player. |
| Credit line | Salting Bequest |
| Object history | Bequeathed by Mr. George Salting, accessioned in 1910. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project. |
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| Accession number | W.657-1910 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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