A covered square incense container with a brown lid and blue splashes around the four sides.

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Incense container (kogo 香合)

Maker Japanese Artist

Date18th-19th century

Place of originJapan

MediumGlazed ceramic (Shino 志野陶器)

Dimensions1 15/16 x 2 3/8 x 2 5/16 in. (5 x 6 x 5.8 cm)

ClassificationsFurnishings and Equipment

Credit LineBequest of the Estate of Sandra G. Saltzman

Object number2012.8.95

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Visual DescriptionA covered square incense container with a brown lid and blue splashes around the four sides.

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Momyama period (16th century)

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Incense container (kogo 香合)

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Edo period (1615-1868), 18th century

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18th-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)

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Momoyama period (16th century)

A square incense container with a green glazed cover.

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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