Incense Box

Description Exhibitions Provenance Inscription Credit

Description This box was influenced by Thai Sawankhalok ware.

Exhibitions

Exposition Universelle. Paris. 1878.

Provenance Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1878; William T. Walters, Baltimore, 1878, by purchase [as "Kenzan, about 130 years old"]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Inscriptions spurious signature of Ogata Kenzan

Credit Acquired by William T. Walters, 1878

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Creator

Style of Ogata Kenzan (Japanese, 1663-1743) (Artist)

Period

early 19th century (Edo)

Medium

stoneware with iron under clear glaze
(Ceramics)

Accession Number

49.354

Measurements

H overall: 1 1/2 x Diam: 2 5/16 in. (3.8 x 5.9 cm)

Geographies

Japan, Kyoto (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View