Incense container (kogo 香合)

Maker Unknown Japanese Artist

DateEdo period (1615-1868), 18th century

Made/manufacturedJapan

MediumGlazed ceramic (Seto Sometsuke 瀨戶染付燒)

Dimensions1 x 1 3/16 x 1 3/16 in. (2.6 x 3 x 3 cm)

ClassificationsFurnishings and Equipment

Credit LineBequest of the Estate of Sandra G. Saltzman

Object number2012.8.56

Collections

DescriptionA pointed globular incense container with underglaze painting of a bird and a plant.

Unknown Japanese Artist

17th century

Unknown Japanese Artist

Edo period (1615-1868), 17th century

Masaki Hanjiro

Edo period (1615-1868)

Unknown Japanese Artist

Edo period (1615-1868), 1857

Unknown Japanese Artist

19th century

Unknown Japanese Artist

19th century

Unknown Japanese Artist

18th-19th century

Yoshimitsu

Edo period (1615-1868), 18th century

Takahashi Rakusai III 高橋樂齋（三代）

Showa period (1926-1989)

Takahashi Rakusai IV 高橋樂齋（四代）

Showa period (1926-1989)

Kizu Sozen

Meiji period (1868-1912)

Eiraku XI Hozen 永樂保全

Edo period (1615-1868), c. 1843-1848