Square covered incense container with handpainted flowers and lid / Kawai Kanjirô
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2003/2.11A&B
- Title
- Square covered incense container with handpainted flowers and lid
- Artist
- Kawai Kanjirô
- Artist Nationality
- Japanese
- Artist Life Dates
- (1890 - 1966)
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1938-1941
- Object Creation Place
- Asia (continent)
- Japan (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen H. Spurr
- Style/Group/Movement
- mingei
- Dimensions
- 6.3 cm x 9.3 cm x 8 cm (2 1/2 in. x 3 11/16 in. x 3 1/8 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Ceramic
- Primary Object Type
- incense burner
- Secondary Object Classification
- Decorative Arts
- Secondary Object Type
- incense burner
- Physical Description
- square incense container with lid. Blue copper, and lead underglaze painting is used on each of the four sides and lid under translucent glaze.
- Subject Matter
- incense container.
- Secondary Keywords
- closures
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- container components
- containers
- containers by function or context
- covers (closures)
- objects we use
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Record
- 2003/2.11A&B
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2003-sl-2.11a-amp-amp-sem-b/2003_2_11.jpg
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"Square covered incense container with handpainted flowers and lid; Kawai Kanjirô." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2003-sl-2.11a-amp-amp-sem-b/2003_2_11.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024.