Covered Incense Burner
1870–1899
- Medium
- Porcelain with gilt bronze cover
- Dimensions
- Diameter of mouth: 14.6 cm (5 3/4 in.); Overall: 12.4 cm (4 7/8 in.)
- Genre
- Ceramic
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Styles
Tags
Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912)
About
This incense burner emulates Chinese porcelain in its glaze and form. A number of prominent Meiji-period ceramicists explored classical Chinese forms and glazes even as they also produced stoneware with Japanese-style glazes.