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Anonymous
Receptacle for Incense Asheslate 16th - early 17th century

Not on view
Small globular lacquerware vessel with dark brown-black ground, gold-painted grape and fern motifs, round mother-of-pearl inlays, and a checkerboard mother-of-pearl mosaic band at the neck

Anonymous, Receptacle for Incense Ashes, late 16th - early 17th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. J. S. Cumming, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA, by Charlie Powers

Artist or Maker
Anonymous
Title
Receptacle for Incense Ashes
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
late 16th - early 17th century
Period
Muromachi period (1392-1573) or Azuchi-Momoyama period (1573-1603) or Edo period (1603-1868)
Medium
Black lacquer with makie decoration and mother-of-pearl inlay
Dimensions
3 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. (9.0 x 6.5 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. J. S. Cumming
Accession Number
M.79.174.3
Classification
Lacquer
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Lee, Yu-kuan. Oriental Lacquer Art. New York and Tokyo: Weatherhill, 1972.
  • Kuwayama, George. Far Eastern Lacquers. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1978.
Copyright
photo © Museum Associates/LACMA, by Charlie Powers