Incense Box in the Form of a Fishing Creel

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Incense Box in the Form of a Fishing Creel

Alternate Title: Hirado Mikawachi yaki ameyū biku kata kōgō

Japan, 19th century
Ceramics
Hirado Mikawachi ware; porcelain with thin caramel-colored glaze
1 1/2 x 2 5/8 x 1 7/8 in. (3.8 x 6.5 x 4.8 cm)
Gift of Allan and Maxine Kurtzman (AC1997.273.37.1-.2)
Not currently on public view

Bibliography

  • Singer, Robert; Hollis Goodall.  Hirado Porcelain of Japan: From the Kurtzman Family Collection.
    Los Angeles:  Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1997.