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Source Description
This container's repeated, undulating, rounded sides evoke waves over which the articulated plovers sweep. The bronze cover (probably a later addition) mimics the design of a fishing weir. Overall, the container brings to mind the seashore. The earthy quality of the lacquered surface demonstrates the interaction between a man-made pattern (the plovers) and the somewhat unexpected surface of a natural material such as wood.
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Document identity
localId
136315
label
Incense Burner with Lid
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object
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Source metadata
id
136315
contentType
object
title
Incense Burner with Lid
description
This container's repeated, undulating, rounded sides evoke waves over which the articulated plovers sweep. The bronze cover (probably a later addition) mimics the design of a fishing weir. Overall, the container brings to mind the seashore. The earthy quality of the lacquered surface demonstrates the interaction between a man-made pattern (the plovers) and the somewhat unexpected surface of a natural material such as wood.
date
late 1300s
rights
CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q80030059
genreSpecific
Lacquer
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 7.7 x 10.8 cm (3 1/16 x 4 1/4 in.)
cul
Japan, Nanbokuchō period (1336–92)
accession
1960.195
Source extras
tec
black lacquer on wood with decoration in maki-e; metal rims; bronze lid
tombstone
Incense Burner with Lid, late 1300s. Japan, Nanbokuchō period (1336–92). Black lacquer on wood with decoration in maki-e; metal rims; bronze lid; overall: 7.7 x 10.8 cm (3 1/16 x 4 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1960.195
collection
Japanese Art
citations
citation
Lee, Sherman E. “Year in Review| 1960.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, vol. 47, no. 10, 1960, pp. 223–254.
page_number
Mentioned and Reproduced: no. 29, pp. 248, 251
citation
Lee, Sherman E. <em>Japanese Decorative Style</em>. Tokyo: Makoto Nakao, 1962.
page_number
cat. no. 37
citation
Mayuyama, Junkichi 繭山順吉. <em>Japanese Art in the West</em>. [Tokyo]: Mayuyama & Co, 1966.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 357; Reproduced: p. 268, pl. 312
citation
Yamane, Yūzō 山根有三, Shūjirō Shimada 島田修二郎, and Terukazu Akiyama 秋山光和. <em>Zaigai Nihon no shihō</em> [在外日本の至宝 = Japanese Art: Selections from Western Collections, vol. 10]. Tōkyō: Mainichi Shinbunsha, 1979.
page_number
cat. nos. 3-4, p. 109
citation
Lee, Sherman E., Michael R. Cunningham, and Ursula Korneitchouk. <em>One Thousand Years of Japanese Art (650-1650): From the Cleveland Museum of Art: Catalogue</em>. New York: Japan Society, 1981.
page_number
Reproduced: cat. no. 18
citation
Cunningham, Michael R. <em>The Triumph of Japanese Style: 16th-Century Art in Japan</em>. Cleveland, OH: Published by the Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with the Indiana University Press, 1991.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 112
citation
Cunningham, Michael R. “Painting the Silence: ‘Byōbu’ by Kaihō Yūshō.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 81, no. 10 (December 1994): 408–425.
page_number
Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 418–419, fig. 11
citation
Schaap, Robert, and Willem R. van Gulik. <em>A Brush with Animals: Japanese Paintings, 1700-1950. </em>Leiden: Society For Japanese Arts in association with Hotei Publishing, 2007.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 61, fig. 6
creditline
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
updatedAt
2026-06-10 18:00:28.953000
sourceId
136315
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Japanese Art
coll
Japanese Art
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black lacquer on wood with decoration in maki-e; metal rims; bronze lid
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