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Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista
Incense container (kogo 香合)
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista

Incense container (kogo 香合)

Artist Raku IV Ichinyu 楽一入 (Japanese, 1640 - 1696)
DateEdo Period (1615-1868), 17th century
Made/manufacturedJapan
MediumGlazed ceramic (Red Raku)
Dimensions1 11/16 x 3 3/8 x 2 3/16 in. (4.3 x 8.5 x 5.5 cm)
ClassificationsFurnishings and Equipment
Credit LineBequest of the Estate of Sandra G. Saltzman
Object number2012.8.3
Collections
DescriptionAn incense container in the shape of a melon. The red clay and the green glaze give the surface a naturalistic impression of the surface of a ripe melon.

Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista
Incense container (kogo 香合)
Raku IV Ichinyu 楽一入
Edo Period (1615-1868), 17th century
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista
Incense container (kogo 香合)
Raku IX Ryonyu 楽了入
Edo period (1615-1868), c. 1825-1834
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista
Incense container (kogo 香合)
Raku XII Konyu 楽弘入
Taisho period (1912-1926)
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista
Shachi incense container (kogo 香合)
Raku X Tannyu 楽旦入
Edo period (1615-1868), c. 1845-1854
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista
Incense container (kogo 香合)
Raku XII Konyu 楽弘入
Meiji period (1868-1912)
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista
Incense container (kogo 香合)
Raku X Tannyu 楽旦入
Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista
Incense container (kogo 香合)
Raku X Tannyu 楽旦入
Edo period (1615-1868), 1839
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista
Incense container (kogo 香合)
Raku X Tannyu 楽旦入
Edo period (1615-1868), c. 1811-1845
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista
Incense container (Kogo 香合)
Raku III Donyu 楽道入
Momoyama period (16th century)
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista
Incense container (kogo 香合)
Raku VI Sanyu 楽左入
Edo Period (1615-1868), late 17th- early 18th century
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista
Incense container (kogo 香合)
Raku IX Ryonyu 楽了入
Edo Period (1615-1868), c. 1790-1825
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista
Incense container (kogo 香合)
Raku IX Ryonyu 楽了入
Edo period (1615-1868), c. 1811-1834

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