Incense box in the shape of a square basket

anonymous, anonymous, c. 1700 - c. 1799

Incense box. Japan. Early 19th century. Stoneware. This incense box is a typical example of the style of tea master Furuta Oribe (1544 - 1615). Characteristic of this style is the asymmetricaldecoration and the green glaze highlighted with dark brown paint. Westendorp bequest.

  • Artwork typekogo, incense box
  • Object numberAK-MAK-704
  • Dimensionsheight 6.5 cm, height 3.8 cm, length 4.6 cm x width 4.5 cm, height 3.3 cm x length 4.7 cm x width 4.6 cm
  • Physical characteristicssteengoed met een groen glazuur en bruin

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Incense box in the shape of a square basket

  • Object type

  • Object number

    AK-MAK-704

  • Description

    Wierookdoos van steengoed in de vorm van een vierkante mand, bedekt met een groen glazuur en beschilderd in bruin. Met dekselknop. Oribe.

Creation

  • Creation

    • potter: anonymous, Japan
    • potter: anonymous, Mino

  • Dating

    c. 1700 - c. 1799

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    steengoed met een groen glazuur en bruin

  • Dimensions

    • height 6.5 cm
    • height 3.8 cm
    • length 4.6 cm x width 4.5 cm
    • height 3.3 cm x length 4.7 cm x width 4.6 cm

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (Westendorp-Osieck bequest, 1968)

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; collection of Herman Karel Westendorp (1868-1941), Amsterdam, 1941;{Note RMA.} his widow Betsy Westendorp-Osieck (1880-1968), Amsterdam, by whom bequeathed to the Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst, 1968;{note RMA.} from whom on loan to the museum, 1972

Documentation

  • C. Ouwehand, 'Oribeware in some Dutch collections', Far eastern Ceramic Bulletin, IV (1952) 2 (June), serial nr. 18, p. 433-452, pl. II B.

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  • Incense box in the shape of a square basket
  • Incense box in the shape of a square basket
  • Incense box in the shape of a square basket