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A covered square incense container.
Incense container (kogo 香合)
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista

Incense container (kogo 香合)

Maker Japanese Artist
Date18th-19th century
Place of originJapan
MediumGlazed ceramic (Iga 伊賀焼)
Dimensions1 3/8 x 1 7/8 x 1 9/16 in. (3.5 x 4.8 x 4 cm)
ClassificationsFurnishings and Equipment
Credit LineBequest of the Estate of Sandra G. Saltzman
Object number2012.8.91
Collections
Visual DescriptionA covered square incense container.
A square incense container with a green glazed cover.
Incense container (kogo 香合)
Japanese Artist
19th century
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)
An incense container in the shape of a kimono handbag.
Incense container (kogo 香合)
Japanese Artist
Edo period (1615-1868), 18th century
A five-petal flower-shaped incense container.
Incense container (kogo 香合)
Japanese Artist
20th century
A domed square incense container with contoured edges and corners. Two rabbits painted on the lower part of the front in white glaze over green like a hill against the unglazed brown body of the piece. Both rabbits are outlined in gold lacquer and have red lacquered eyes.
Incense container (kogo 香合)
Kuze Kyuho II 久世久寶 （二代)
Showa period (1926-1989)
An incense container in the shape of a stylized pomegranate.
Incense container (kogo 香合)
Kiyomizu Rokubei I 清水六兵衛 (初代)
Edo period (1615-1868), 18th century
An incense container in the shape of a bird.
Incense container (kogo 香合)
Ohi Choami 大樋長阿弥
20th century
An incense container in the shape of a rabbit.
Incense container (kogo 香合)
Masando Oshio 大塩正人
20th century
A covered square incense container with a brown lid and blue splashes around the four sides.
Incense container (kogo 香合)
Japanese Artist
18th-19th 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
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)

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