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Angled cube kōro (incense burner) with matte, dark brown glaze, gold-glazed edges and square cut-outs
Kōro (incense burner)
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista

Kōro (incense burner)

Artist Kiyomizu (Masahiro) Rokubey VIII (Japanese, born 1954)
Datec. 2004
Place of originJapan
MediumGlazed stoneware
Dimensions4 7/8 × 5 1/2 × 5 1/2 in. (12.4 × 14 × 14 cm)
ClassificationsFurnishings and Equipment
Credit LineMuseum purchase, funds provided by the David A. Cofrin Fund for Asian Art
Object number2016.4
Collections
Visual DescriptionAngled cube kōro (incense burner) with matte, dark brown glaze, gold-glazed edges and square cut-outs
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