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Incense Box in the Form of a Fishing Creel19th century

Not on view
Small carved ivory or bone object in the form of a lidded oval basket, covered in intricate basketweave relief carving with three daisy-like flowers and a small insect

Unknown, Incense Box in the Form of a Fishing Creel, 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 Fishing Creel
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
19th century
Period
Edo period (1603-1868) or Meiji period (1868-1912)
Medium
Hirado Mikawachi ware; porcelain with thin caramel-colored glaze
Dimensions
1 1/2 x 2 5/8 x 1 7/8 in. (3.8 x 6.5 x 4.8 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Allan and Maxine Kurtzman
Accession Number
AC1997.273.37.1-.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.