Cleveland Museum of Art

Lid for an Incense Burner

Seifū Yohei III

Date

1893–1914

Medium

Floral openwork silver lid

Culture

Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912)

Department

Japanese Art

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

Yohei III made incense burners in a wide variety of designs and styles. The body and glaze of this one are taihakuji , or “great white porcelain,” an important early invention Yohei III devised in 1872 that involved the combination of a distinctive translucent, creamy glaze over an ivory-colored clay body. The burner has rounded, cabriole legs, resembling tiny table legs, attached to the exterior and the faintest decorative band around the bottom. It has a floral-patterned silver lid. Lids were produced outside the studio by metalwork specialists.

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