Incense Burner
Seifu Yohei III · 1893–97 · Cleveland Museum of Art
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Seifū Yohei III made incense burners in a wide variety of designs and styles. Their silver lids were produced outside the studio by metalwork specialists. This tripod incense burner has a distinctive red-colored glaze and linear molded decorations that run around the base of the collar and down the legs. Seifū Yohei III’s incense burner with a variety of flowers on its lid has a glaze described as “crimson glaze” (kōyū); it is also dappled with dark spots of varied opacity and tiny pores throughout, which gives the container a rich, textured effect.
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- Maker
- Seifū Yohei III (Japanese, 1851–1914)
- Date
- 1893–97
- Medium
- Porcelain with molded design, crimson glaze, and floral openwork silver lid
- Dimensions
- height with lid: 10.8 cm (4 1/4 in.); Diameter: 11.4 cm (4 1/2 in.)
- Place of origin
- Japan
- Held by
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · Not on view
- Credit line
- Gift of James and Christine Heusinger
Image: Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0
