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A small yellow incense container with applied underglaze gold foil in a radiating linear pattern.
Incense container (kogo 香合)
Randy Batista Photography

Incense container (kogo 香合)

Artist Ono Hakuko 小野珀子 (Japanese, 1915 - 1996)
Datec. 1980
Place of originJapan
MediumGlazed porcelain with gold leaf
Dimensions1 × 2 1/2 in. (2.5 × 6.4 cm)
ClassificationsFurnishings and Equipment
Credit LineMuseum purchase, gift of Philip and Phyllis DeLaney
Object number2016.5
Collections
Visual DescriptionA small yellow incense container with applied underglaze gold foil in a radiating linear pattern.
Lidded container with intricate patterning of wave motif under light yellow glaze, and underglaze gold foil decoration depicting butterflies. Potter's mark: Haku inscribed on base. Box title: Yuri kinsai goshi; Lidded Container with Underglaze Gold Decoration. Box signed: Hakuko. Box sealed: Hakuko.
Lidded Container with Underglaze Gold Decoration
Ono Hakuko 小野珀子
1970s
Striped gold sake cup
Sake cup
Ono Hakuko 小野珀子
1980s
Globular vase with olive green glaze and applied gold foil circular cut-outs and translucent overglaze
Yurikinsai tsubo (Vase with underglaze gold decoration)
Ono Hakuko 小野珀子
c. 1990
An incense container in the shape of a Japanese lute (biwa).
Incense container (kogo 香合)
Raku XIII Seinyu 楽惺入
Taisho period (1912-1926) or later, c. 1919 -1937
A pointed globular incense container with underglaze painting of a bird and a plant.
Incense container (kogo 香合)
Japanese Artist
Edo period (1615-1868), 18th century
An incense container in the shape of a beehive with two bees sitting on top of it.
Incense container (kogo 香合)
Sakaida Kakiemon XII
Meiji period (1868-1912), c. 1915
An incense container in the shape of an egg, partially covered with a hexagonal tortoise shell design. The container is described on the box lid as "tsuru tame kogo", crane and tortoise kogo. The inside is covered with gold leaf.
Incense container (kogo 香合)
Raku X Tannyu 楽旦入
Edo period (1615-1868), c. 1811-1845
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 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 with thick irregular creamy glaze and generously stylized wave pattern.
Incense container (kogo 香合)
Japanese Artist
Momyama period (16th century)
An incense container in the shape of a wayside shrine. Wayside shrine (called Tsuji-do in Japanese) is a general architectural term describing a small and free-standing building.
Incense container (kogo 香合)
Takahashi Rakusai III 高橋樂齋（三代）
Showa period (1926-1989)
An incense container in the shape of a highly detailed hut or teahouse. The foundation holds the incense, while the wattle walls and roof are of one piece.
Incense container (kogo 香合)
Yoshimitsu
Edo period (1615-1868), 18th century

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