Incense container (kogo 香合)

Artist Raku XIII Seinyu 楽惺入 (Japanese, 1887 - 1944)

DateShowa period (1926-1989), c. 1922-1944

Made/manufacturedJapan

MediumGlazed ceramic (Raku 楽焼)

Dimensions1 5/16 x 4 1/8 x 2 1/16 in. (3.4 x 10.5 x 5.3 cm)

ClassificationsFurnishings and Equipment

Credit LineBequest of the Estate of Sandra G. Saltzman

Object number2012.8.23

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DescriptionAn incense container in the shape of a mirror box.

Raku XIII Seinyu 楽惺入

Taisho period (1912-1926)

Raku XIII Seinyu 楽惺入

Taisho period (1912-1926) or later, c. 1919 -1937

Raku XIII Seinyu 楽惺入

Showa period (1926-1989)

Raku X Tannyu 楽旦入

Edo period (1615-1868), c. 1811-1845

Raku X Tannyu 楽旦入

19th century

Raku III Donyu 楽道入

Momoyama period (16th century)

Raku VI Sanyu 楽左入

Edo Period (1615-1868), late 17th- early 18th century

Raku IX Ryonyu 楽了入

Edo Period (1615-1868), c. 1790-1825

Raku IX Ryonyu 楽了入

Edo period (1615-1868), c. 1811-1834

Raku IX Ryonyu 楽了入

Edo period (1615-1868), c. 1825

Raku IX Ryonyu 楽了入

Edo period (1615-1868), c. 1825-1834

Raku X Tannyu 楽旦入

Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century