Cleveland Museum of Art
Incense Burner (lid)
- Date
- late 1300s
- Medium
- bronze with metal rim
- Culture
- Japan, Nanbokuchō period (1336–92)
- Department
- Japanese Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
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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