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Incense Burner with Lid

Incense Burner with Lid

late 1300s
(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.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1960.195
Location: not on view

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.
  • Inosuke Setsu [1897-1969], Tokyo, Japan
    ?-1960
    (Mayuyama and Company, Tokyo, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1960-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Lee, Sherman E. “Year in Review| 1960.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 47, no. 10, 1960, pp. 223–254. Mentioned and Reproduced: no. 29, pp. 248, 251 www.jstor.org
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    Mayuyama, Junkichi 繭山順吉. Japanese Art in the West. [Tokyo]: Mayuyama & Co, 1966. Mentioned: p. 357; Reproduced: p. 268, pl. 312
    Yamane, Yūzō 山根有三, Shūjirō Shimada 島田修二郎, and Terukazu Akiyama 秋山光和. Zaigai Nihon no shihō [在外日本の至宝 = Japanese Art: Selections from Western Collections, vol. 10]. Tōkyō: Mainichi Shinbunsha, 1979. cat. nos. 3-4, p. 109
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    Birds, Beasts, Blossoms, and Bugs - The Nature of Japan. Frederick S. Wight Gallery, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA (March 30-May 23, 1976).
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