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A rhomb shaped, monochrome green incense container with a decoration of nearly regular dots on the surface of the cover.
Incense container (kogo 香合)
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista

Incense container (kogo 香合)

Artist Kitaoji Rosanjin 北大路魯山人 (Japanese, 1883-1959)
DateTaisho period (1912-1926)
Place of originJapan
MediumGlazed ceramic
Dimensions3/4 x 3 1/16 x 1 15/16 in. (1.9 x 7.8 x 5 cm)
ClassificationsFurnishings and Equipment
Credit LineBequest of the Estate of Sandra G. Saltzman
Object number2012.8.47
Collections
Visual DescriptionA rhomb shaped, monochrome green incense container with a decoration of nearly regular dots on the surface of the cover.
A square incense container with a green glazed cover.
Incense container (kogo 香合)
Japanese Artist
19th century
An 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.
Incense container (kogo 香合)
Raku IV Ichinyu 楽一入
Edo Period (1615-1868), 17th century
A boat-shaped incense container with the seven gods of happiness standing a boat deck, all rendered in amazing detail with a spectacular light gray-green glaze.
Incense container (kogo 香合)
Masaki Hanjiro
Edo period (1615-1868)
A gourd-shaped incense container of brown clay partly covered with light gray and a splash of dark green glaze. Geometrical designs of two overlapping circles and a stylized spool painted in iron oxide.
Incense container (kogo 香合)
Japanese Artist
Momoyama period (16th century)
A lidded incense container with the design of a white rabbit sitting on a rock on its cover.
Incense container (kogo 香合)
Miyagawa Toranosuke (Makuzu Kozan I) 宮川香山
19th-20th century
A square incense container with a frog atop the cover.
Incense container (kogo 香合)
Japanese Artist
19th century
A square incense container with a cover.
Incense container (kogo 香合)
Japanese Artist
18th-19th century
An incense container in the shape of a round, covered box with floral designs on the cover.
Incense container (kogo 香合)
Japanese Artist
18th-19th century
An incense container in the shape of a kasa, a straw hat with color enamel and gold decoration on the inside.
Incense container (kogo 香合)
Miyagawa Chozo (Makuzu Chozo) 宮川長造
Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century
A delicate and early incense container covered with crackled creamy white glaze and some painted decoration on the side of the lid and the body.
Incense container (kogo 香合)
Japanese Artist
Momoyama period (16th century)
An unusually sculptural incense container in the shape of a shachi, a mythical creature with a tiger head and carp body. The artist's seal is impressed on the bottom of the piece. Outstanding not only for its sculptural qualities but also for the unique treatment of the surface with all-over gilding.
Shachi incense container (kogo 香合)
Raku X Tannyu 楽旦入
Edo period (1615-1868), c. 1845-1854
A fan-shaped incense container.
Incense container (kogo 香合)
Raku XIII Seinyu 楽惺入
Showa period (1926-1989)

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