Who created "Incense Box"?

Incense Box was created by Eiraku Hozen in 1800.

Is "Incense Box" in the public domain?

Yes, Incense Box is in the public domain and available for free download under CC0 license.

Incense Box

Q: What medium is "Incense Box"?

Incense Box is Clay covered inside with a transparent crackled glaze and outside with polychrome glazes (Kyoto ware).

Eiraku Hozen

1800

Medium

Clay covered inside with a transparent crackled glaze and outside with polychrome glazes (Kyoto ware)

Dimensions

H. 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm); Diam. 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm)

Classification

Ceramics

Culture & Period

Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)

Department

Asian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Charles Stewart Smith, 1893

Accession Number

93.3.381a, b

About the Artist

Eiraku Hozen · 1795–1854

Eiraku Hozen (1795–1854) was a celebrated Japanese ceramic artist and the sixteenth-generation head of the Nishimura family, a Kyoto dynasty of potters whose work was closely associated with the tastes of the imperial court and the refined aesthetic culture of the ancient capital. Operating under the artistic name Eiraku — a name that would become synonymous with a particular style of elegant, tec...

Incense Box

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