Cleveland Museum of Art

Incense Burner

Seifū Yohei III

Date

1893–1914

Medium

Porcelain with creamy white glaze and molded design

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. Lids were produced outside the studio by metalwork specialists. For this incense burner, they created a floral-patterned silver lid. There is the faintest decorative band around the bottom of the incense burner.

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