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Incense Box in the Form of a Chestnut19th century

Not on view
Ceramic sculpture of an open seed pod or burr with glossy chestnut-brown lobes at center, surrounded by dense blue-tipped spines, with a broken collar extension
Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Incense Box in the Form of a Chestnut
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
19th century
Medium
Hirado Mikawachi ware; porcelain with iron and celadon glazes
Dimensions
1 1/2 x 3 5/8 x 2 3/8 in. (3.7 x 8.9 x 6 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Allan and Maxine Kurtzman
Accession Number
AC1997.273.43.1-.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.