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Incense Box in the Form of a Chinese Lion19th century

Not on view
Blue-and-white porcelain lidded box modeled as a crouching mythical lion with scrolling fur details and chrysanthemum floral motifs

Unknown, Incense Box in the Form of a Chinese Lion, 19th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Allan and Maxine Kurtzman, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Incense Box in the Form of a Chinese Lion
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
19th century
Period
Edo period (1603-1868) or Meiji period (1868-1912)
Medium
Hirado Mikawachi ware; porcelain with underglaze blue
Dimensions
Overall ( .1 and .2 are connected with museum wax): 2 × 1 1/2 × 2 3/4 in. (5.08 × 3.81 × 6.99 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Allan and Maxine Kurtzman
Accession Number
AC1997.273.15.1-.2
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Singer, Robert; Hollis Goodall. Hirado Porcelain of Japan: From the Kurtzman Family Collection.
    Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1997.