Lion-form Incense Burner / Artist Unknown, Japan
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2013/1.331A&B
- Title
- Lion-form Incense Burner
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Artist Nationality
- Japanese
- Medium and Support
- finely textured stoneware
- Object Creation Date
- 1615-1868
- Credit Line
- Gift of Ann Holmes
- Inscription
- none
- Period
- Edo Period
- Dimensions
- 8.89 cm x 7.62 cm (3 1/2 in. x 3 in.)
- Physical Description
- A container with an animal (dragon) shaped head as a lid; four paws at the bottom of the container. Glazed stoneware, sculpted with teeth incisions. Tan with red spots of coloring, partiallyy covered with olive colored gloss over a high-fire red clay. Small swirl design on sides and front area has carving to indicate the front/chest of the animal, sculpted with teeth and incisions.
- Secondary Keywords
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- descriptors
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 3888 x 2592
- File Size
- 178 KB
- Record
- 2013/1.331A&B
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2013-sl-1.331a-amp-amp-sem-b/2013_1.331ab.1.jpg
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"Lion-form Incense Burner; Artist Unknown, Japan." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2013-sl-1.331a-amp-amp-sem-b/2013_1.331ab.1.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 18, 2024.