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Source Description
This box, used to hold incense pellets, represents Kyoto potters' penchant for replicating luxury items also made in Kyoto. Kenzan's signature is cleverly incorporated into the colophon on the fan's face, which bears a Chinese poem and a "painting" of a flowering branch.
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Document identity
localId
22026
label
Incense Box in the Shape of a Folding Fan
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object
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2
Source metadata
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22026
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object
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normalized
title
Incense Box in the Shape of a Folding Fan
description
This box, used to hold incense pellets, represents Kyoto potters' penchant for replicating luxury items also made in Kyoto. Kenzan's signature is cleverly incorporated into the colophon on the fan's face, which bears a Chinese poem and a "painting" of a flowering branch.
provenance
William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
19th century (Edo)
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
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Ceramics
kogo
incense boxes
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2
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2
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import
dimensions
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cm
width
5.5
height
7.7
dimensionsRaw
H: 2 3/16 x W: 3 1/16 in. (5.5 x 7.7 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
style
Kyoto ware
med
Raku-type earthenware with iron pigment under glaze, enamels over glaze
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6894
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JPK
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753
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1
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photo
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no
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2
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photo
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34d0d36344dcc0ac
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