Lit Charcoal and Ash Containers

1893–1914 height (each): 10 cm (3 15/16 in.); diameter (each): 12 cm (4 3/4 in.) Source image
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The box lid for these six-lobed lit charcoal and ash containers, or hiire, identifies them as kōhakuji, another of Yohei III’s translucent cream colors over ivory clay bodies. One might translate the name as “lustrous pearl[–glazed ivory] porcelain.” A hiire was filled with as...

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