Japanese incense container, Kenzan

An image of Japanese pottery. Incense container with lid. Kenzan, pottery studio, Japan, Kyoto. Moulded stoneware base and lid of very irregular shape in pale grey clay. Decorated outside with creamy base glaze covered by scene of a castle by a lake with four boats, pine trees and house, in brown and blue. Inside, bands of gold and blue on a cream base, representing clouds. On sides, geometrical pattern in blue. Stoneware, glazed, height, base, 2.10 cm, diameter, rim, 11.00 cm, largest, diameter, base, 12.00 cm, largest, height, lid, 1.60 cm, diameter, lid, 12.10 cm, largest, height, overall, 2.40 cm, circa 1700- circa 1799. Edo Period (1615-1868).

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Japanese pottery. Incense container with lid. Kenzan, pottery studio, Japan, Kyoto. Moulded stoneware base and lid of very irregular shape in pale grey clay. Decorated outside with creamy base glaze covered by scene of a castle by a lake with four boats, pine trees and house, in brown and blue. Inside, bands of gold and blue on a cream base, representing clouds. On sides, geometrical pattern in blue. Stoneware, glazed, height, base, 2.10 cm, diameter, rim, 11.00 cm, largest, diameter, base, 12.00 cm, largest, height, lid, 1.60 cm, diameter, lid, 12.10 cm, largest, height, overall, 2.40 cm, circa 1700- circa 1799. Edo Period (1615-1868).

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Accession Number: C.302 & A-1934
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/32.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Sam Cole
Image height: 768 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 463.62kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 32/1
Captured: 2017:08:21 10:08:27

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18th Century box brush painted castles container Edo Period glazed incense incense container Japanese Kenzan lidded moulded painted pottery stoneware

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