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Kōro 香炉 (incense burners): Gallery 2

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Porcelain_koro_flowers (166K) Shoun_bronze_deer_koro (132K) Hakuho_bronze_koro_shishi (145K) Aka-Raku_koro (91K) Blue&white_koro_2 (113K) Kutani_koro_small (144K) CorvusMoon_raku_koro1 (158K) Ito_Nobuyasu_yuteki_koro (154K) Ryuko_Kutani_koro (152K) Celadon_porcelain_koro_cranes&mums (53K) bronze_elephant_koro (1169K) Yozan_Kutani_koro (240K) Stoneware_shishi_koro (183K)
Hirado_goose_koro (148K) Hakuho_bronze_koro_3 (863K) Kutani_koro_mistyhills (96K) Saegusa_Sotaro_blueporcelain_koro (143K) Yoshimura_Rakunyu_shishi_koro (170K) Aote-Kutani_koro (145K) Kutani_Iroe_koro (184K) Ikko_koro_white_porcelain (243K) Yasumasa_arita_whiteporcelain_koro (108K) Ceramic_koro_shinshaglaze (175K) Koransha_Arita_koro (161K) Celadon_porcelain_koro_monkeys (270K) Hirado_style_koro (186K) Kumamoto_Kohei_koro (97K) white_porcelain_koro_metal_lid (149K)


Porcelain_koro_flowers (166K)
Creator.Personal Name: Unknown.
Description: three-footed crazed porcelain incense burner with openwork metal lid and floral design; unmarked.
Subject: Incense burners and containers—Japan.
Subject: Pottery, Japanese.
Style.Period: Contemporary.
Material.Medium: ceramic (material)
Measurements: diameter 3 1/4 in., height 2 5/8 in.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
Record Type: work.
Detail: side view.
Porcelain_koro_flowers_side (180K)
Detail: top view.
Porcelain_koro_flowers_top (204K)
Detail: interior.
Porcelain_koro_flowers_interior (160K)


Shoun_bronze_deer_koro (132K)
Creator.Personal Name: 照雲.
Creator.Personal Name: Shōun.
Description: bronze incense burner shaped like a reclining deer; artist's signature on bottom.
Subject: Incense burners and containers—Japan.
Subject: Bronzes, Japanese.
Style.Period: Contemporary.
Material.Medium: bronze.
Measurements: width 7 in., depth 3 1/4 in., height 5 1/2 in.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
Record Type: work.
Detail: top view.
Shoun_bronze_deer_koro_top (114K)
Detail: interior.
Shoun_bronze_deer_koro_interior (182K)
Detail: signature on bottom—Shōun 照雲.
Shoun_bronze_deer_koro_mark (63K)


Hakuho_bronze_koro_shishi (145K)
Creator.Personal Name: 白峰.
Creator.Personal Name: Hakuhō.
Description: two-handled, tripod bronze incense burner with a lion-dog finial; artist's seal on bottom.
Subject: Incense burners and containers—Japan.
Subject: Bronzes, Japanese.
Style.Period: Contemporary.
Material.Medium: bronze.
Measurements: diameter 4 in., height 6 in.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
Record Type: work.

See another example of Hakuhō's work.
Detail: rear view.
Hakuho_bronze_koro_shishi_rear (837K)
Detail: seal on bottom: Hakuhō 白峰.
Hakuho_bronze_koro_shishi_mark (395K)


Aka-Raku_koro (91K)
Creator.Personal Name: Unidentified.
Description: three-footed aka-raku incense burner; unidentified mark on bottom; the characters for Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha (佛法僧) are inscribed around the sides in tensho script.
Subject: Incense burners and containers—Japan.
Subject: Pottery, Japanese.
Style.Period: Contemporary.
Material.Medium: ceramic (material)
Measurements: diameter 2.9 in., height 1.6 in.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
Record Type: work.
Detail: side view.
Aka-Raku_koro_side (91K)
Detail: interior.
Aka-Raku_koro_interior (125K)
Detail: mark on bottom.
Aka-Raku_koro_mark (146K)
Detail: tomobako.
Aka-Raku_koro_tomobako (90K)


Blue&white_koro_2 (113K)
Creator.Personal Name: Unidentified.
Description: three-footed sometsuke 染付 porcelain incense burner; white background with blue overglaze chrysanthemums and butterflies; unidentified mark on bottom.
Subject: Incense burners and containers—Japan.
Subject: Pottery, Japanese.
Style.Period: Contemporary.
Material.Medium: ceramic (material)
Measurements: diameter 4.4 in., height 3.25 in.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
Record Type: work.
Detail: side view.
Blue&white_koro_2_side (89K)
Detail:
Blue&white_koro_2_detail (71K)
Detail: mark on bottom.
Blue&white_koro_2_mark (84K)


Kutani_koro_small (144K)
Creator.Personal Name: Unidentified.
Description: three-footed porcelain Kyo-yaki incense burner with a pierced lid; blue design of the "three friends in winter" (歳寒三友: the pine, plum, and bamboo) on white background; Kutani mark on bottom
Subject: Incense burners and containers—Japan.
Subject: Pottery, Japanese.
Style.Period: Contemporary.
Material.Medium: ceramic (material)
Measurements: diameter 2.8 in., height 3.4 in.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
Record Type: work.
Detail: side view 1.
Kutani_koro_small_side1 (135K)
Detail: side view 2.
Kutani_koro_small_side2 (147K)
Detail: top view.
Kutani_koro_small_top (158K)
Detail: mark on bottom.
Kutani_koro_small_mark (98K)
Detail: tomobako lid.
Kutani_koro_small_tomobako_lid (207K)


CorvusMoon_raku_koro1 (158K)
Creator.Personal Name: Robert Briggs.
Description: glazed raku incense burner with a pierced lid; artist's signature and date on bottom.
Date: 2010.
Subject: Incense burners and containers—United States.
Subject: Pottery, Japanese.
Style.Period: Contemporary.
Material.Medium: ceramic (material)
Measurements: diameter 4 1/8 in., height 3 3/4 in.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
Record Type: work.

Photo of the artist:
Robert_Briggs_photo (30K)
Artist's web site: Corvus Moon Ceramic Arts.
Detail: side view with the Corvus Moon seal.
CorvusMoon_raku_koro2 (112K)
Detail: signature and date on bottom.
CorvusMoon_raku_koro_sig (133K)


Ito_Nobuyasu_yuteki_koro (154K)
Creator.Personal Name: 伊藤順康, 1957-
Creator.Personal Name: Itō Nobuyasu, 1957-
Description: silvery white with black "oil spot" glazed yuteki tenmoku (油滴天目) incense burner shaped like a stylized chicken and with a pierced lid; artist's seal on bottom; with signed tomobako.
Subject: Incense burners and containers—Japan.
Subject: Pottery, Japanese.
Style.Period: Contemporary.
Material.Medium: ceramic (material)
Measurements: width 7.13 in., height 7 in.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
Record Type: work.

Detail: side view.
Ito_Nobuyasu_yuteki_koro_side (148K)
Detail: interior.
Ito_Nobuyasu_yuteki_koro_interior (143K)
Detail: mark on bottom.
Ito_Nobuyasu_yuteki_koro_mark (136K)
Detail: .
Ito_Nobuyasu_yuteki_koro_tomobako (184K)


Ryuko_Kutani_koro (152K)
Creator.Personal Name: 隆光.
Creator.Personal Name: Ryūkō.
Description: three-footed hexagonal blue and white Kutani ware (九谷焼) incense burner with a pierced lid and shishi finial; artist's mark on bottom reads: 九谷隆光; with signed tomobako.
Subject: Incense burners and containers—Japan.
Subject: Pottery, Japanese.
Style.Period: Contemporary.
Material.Medium: ceramic (material)
Measurements: width 3.8 in., height 5.5 in.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
Record Type: work.
Detail: side view.
Ryuko_Kutani_koro_side (156K)
Detail: interior.
Ryuko_Kutani_koro_interior (129K)
Detail: on bottom: 九谷隆光.
Ryuko_Kutani_koro_mark (99K)
Detail: tomobako.
Ryuko_Kutani_koro_tomobako (152K)


Celadon_porcelain_koro_cranes&mums (53K)
Creator.Personal Name: Unknown.
Description: three-footed globular Celadon porcelain incense burner with a pierced lid; design of flying cranes and chrysanthemums; artist's mark on bottom.
Subject: Incense burners and containers—Japan.
Subject: Pottery, Japanese.
Style.Period: Contemporary.
Material.Medium: ceramic (material)
Measurements: width 4.1 in., height 3.9 in.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
Record Type: work.
Detail: side view.
Celadon_porcelain_koro_cranes&mums_side (52K)
Detail: mark on bottom.
Celadon_porcelain_koro_cranes&mums_mark (49K)
Detail: top view.
Celadon_porcelain_koro_cranes&mums_top (49K)


bronze_elephant_koro (1169K)
Creator.Personal Name: Unknown.
Description: bronze elephant incense burner with a pierced lid shaped like a chrysanthemum.
Subject: Incense burners and containers—Japan.
Subject: Bronzes, Japanese.
Style.Period: Contemporary.
Material.Medium: bronze.
Measurements: length 6 1/4 in., width 4 1/2 in., height 7 1/2 in.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
Record Type: work.
Detail: rear view.
bronze_elephant_koro_rear (916K)
Detail: unidentified mark.
bronze_elephant_koro_mark (313K)


Yozan_Kutani_koro (240K)
Creator.Personal Name: 洋山.
Creator.Personal Name: Yōzan.
Description: glazed polychrome Kutani porcelain incense burner with a floral design on a detailed aochibu (raised dots) background; signed Kutani Yōzan 九谷洋山 on bottom.
Subject: Incense burners and containers—Japan.
Subject: Pottery, Japanese.
Style.Period: Modern.
Material.Medium: ceramic (material)
Measurements: width 3.8 in., height 4.7 in.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
Record Type: work.

See also a matching incense case by Yōzan.
Detail: side view.
Yozan_Kutani_koro_side (241K)
Detail: top view.
Yozan_Kutani_koro_top (238K)
Detail:
Yozan_Kutani_koro_detail (321K)
Detail: on bottom Kutani Yōzan 九谷洋山.
Yozan_Kutani_koro_mark (177K)


Stoneware_shishi_koro (183K)
Creator.Personal Name: Unidentified.
Description: shishi 獅子 (temple lion) shaped incense burner; gray-white stoneware with translucent and green glaze; signed on bottom.
Subject: Incense burners and containers—Japan.
Subject: Pottery, Japanese.
Style.Period: Modern.
Material.Medium: ceramic (material)
Measurements: length 5 1/2 in., width 4 1/4 in., height 6 in.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
Record Type: work.
Detail: side view.
Stoneware_shishi_koro_side (209K)
Detail: top view.
Stoneware_shishi_koro_rear (201K)
Detail: face.
Stoneware_shishi_koro_face (181K)
Detail: unidentified mark on bottom.
Stoneware_shishi_koro_mark (167K)


Hirado_goose_koro (148K)
Creator.Personal Name: Unknown.
Description: milky white Hirado porcelain goose incense burner; unmarked.
Subject: Incense burners and containers—Japan.
Subject: Pottery, Japanese.
Style.Period: Modern.
Material.Medium: ceramic (material)
Measurements: length 3 in., height 2 in.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
Record Type: work.
Detail: side view.
Hirado_goose_koro_side (165K)
Detail: top view.
Hirado_goose_koro_top (123K)
Interior.
Hirado_goose_koro_interior (176K)
Rear view.
Hirado_goose_koro_rear (211K)


Hakuho_bronze_koro_3 (863K)
Creator.Personal Name: 白峰.
Creator.Personal Name: Hakuhō.
Description: two-handled, tripod bronze incense burner with a lion-dog finial; artist's seal on bottom.
Subject: Incense burners and containers—Japan.
Subject: Bronzes, Japanese.
Style.Period: Contemporary.
Material.Medium: bronze.
Measurements: diameter 4 in., height 7.6 in.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
Record Type: work.
Detail: lid.
Hakuho_bronze_koro_3_lid (955K)
Detail: seal on bottom: Hakuhō 白峰.
Hakuho_bronze_koro_3_mark (863K)


Kutani_koro_mistyhills (96K) Creator: Unknown.
Description: three-footed, cylindrical Celadon glazed Kutani ware ( 九谷焼 kutaniyaki) porcelain incense burner with gradations of colors depicting mountain ranges in the morning mist; mark on bottom.
Subject: Incense burners and containers—Japan.
Subject: Pottery, Japanese.
Style.Period: Contemporary.
Material.Medium: ceramic (material).
Measurements: diameter 3.75 in., height 4.75 in.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
Record Type: work.
Lid:
Kutani_koro_mistyhills_top (48K)
Mark on bottom:
Kutani_koro_mistyhills_mark (36K)


Saegusa_Sotaro_blueporcelain_koro (143K) Creator: 三枝惣太郎, 1911-
Creator: Saegusa Sōtarō, 1911-
Description: three-footed, bulbous blue porcelain incense burner with a copper wire mesh lid; mark on bottom.
Subject: Incense burners and containers—Japan.
Subject: Pottery, Japanese.
Style.Period: Contemporary.
Material.Medium: ceramic (material).
Measurements: diameter 4.9 in., height 3.7 in.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
Record Type: work.
Top view:
Saegusa_Sotaro_blueporcelain_koro_top (172K)
Interior:
Saegusa_Sotaro_blueporcelain_koro_interior (127K)
Mark on bottom:
Saegusa_Sotaro_blueporcelain_koro_mark (90K)
Tomobako:
Saegusa_Sotaro_blueporcelain_koro_tomobakolid (144K)
Signature & seal on interior
of tomobako lid:
Saegusa_Sotaro_blueporcelain_koro_tomobakolid_interior (168K)
Yoshimura_Rakunyu_shishi_koro (170K) Creator: 吉村楽入.
Creator: Yoshimura Rakunyū.
Description: shishi 獅子 (temple lion) shaped incense burner of glazed aka-raku ceramic ware; mark on bottom.
Subject: Incense burners and containers—Japan.
Subject: Pottery, Japanese.
Style.Period: Contemporary.
Material.Medium: ceramic (material).
Measurements: width 4.7 in., length 3.7 in., height 5.5 in.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
Record Type: work.
Side view:
Yoshimura_Rakunyu_shishi_koro_side (176K)
Rear view:
Yoshimura_Rakunyu_shishi_koro_rear (152K)
Interior:
Yoshimura_Rakunyu_shishi_koro_interior (148K)
Mark on bottom:
Yoshimura_Rakunyu_shishi_koro_mark (236K)


Aote-Kutani_koro (145K) Creator: Unknown.
Description: hexagonal Kutani incense burner with aote* overglaze depicting birds in a tree; typical Kutani fuku mark 福 in tensho script on bottom.
Subject: Incense burners and containers—Japan.
Subject: Pottery, Japanese.
Style.Period: Contemporary.
Material.Medium: ceramic (material).
Measurements: width 3.3 in., height 6.2 in.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
Record Type: work.

* Aote 青手 is one of the traditional styles of Ko-Kutani (old Kutani) that uses four colors—green, yellow, purple and dark blue—in painting on porcelain.
Side view:
Aote-Kutani_koro_side (149K)
Rear view:
Aote-Kutani_koro_rear (147K)
Interior:
Aote-Kutani_koro_interior (165K)
Top view:
Aote-Kutani_koro_top (207K)
Finial on lid:
Aote-Kutani_koro_finial (159K)
Mark on bottom: 福
Aote-Kutani_koro_mark (118K)


Kutani_Iroe_koro (184K) Creator.Corporate Name: 九谷美陶園.
Creator.Corporate Name: Kutani Bitouen Co. (Kaga, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan)
Description: square Kutani incense burner with iroe gosaite* overglaze depicting a fruiting plant; mark on bottom.
Subject: Incense burners and containers—Japan.
Subject: Pottery, Japanese.
Style.Period: Contemporary.
Material.Medium: ceramic (material).
Measurements: width 2.7 in., height 3.6 in.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
Record Type: work.

* Iroe Gosaite 色絵五彩手 is one of the traditional styles of Ko-Kutani (old Kutani) that uses five colors—green, yellow, purple, dark blue, and red—in painting on porcelain.
Side view:
Kutani_Iroe_koro_side1 (183K)
Side view:
Kutani_Iroe_koro_side2 (188K)
Interior:
Kutani_Iroe_koro_interior (182K)
Top view:
Kutani_Iroe_koro_top (233K)
Rear view:
Kutani_Iroe_koro_rear (183K)
Mark on bottom:
Kutani_Iroe_koro_mark (74K)
Tomobako;
Kutani_Iroe_koro_tomobako (159K)


Ikko_koro_white_porcelain (243K) Creator.Personal Name: 杉原一壺.
Creator.Personal Name: Sugihara Ikko.
Description: triangular double-walled Arita ware white porcelain (hakuji) incense burner with reticulated sides and lid; mark on interior of lid; with signed tomobako.
Subject: Incense burners and containers—Japan.
Subject: Pottery, Japanese.
Style.Period: Contemporary.
Material.Medium: ceramic (material).
Measurements: width 5.4 in., height 5.1 in.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
Record Type: work.

See another example by Sugihara Ikko.
Side view:
Ikko_koro_white_porcelain_side1 (250K)
Top view:
Ikko_koro_white_porcelain_top (200K)
Interior:
Ikko_koro_white_porcelain_interior (193K)
Tomobako lid underside: Ikko 一壺.
Ikko_koro_white_porcelain_tomobako_lid (436K)


Yasumasa_arita_whiteporcelain_koro (108K) Creator.Personal Name: 晏正.
Creator.Personal Name: Yasumasa.
Description: glazed Arita ware white porcelain (hakuji) incense burner with incised floral pattern; mark on bottom; with tomobako.
Subject: Incense burners and containers—Japan.
Subject: Pottery, Japanese.
Style.Period: Contemporary.
Material.Medium: ceramic (material).
Measurements: width 6 in., height 5.25 in.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
Record Type: work.
Rear view:
Yasumasa_arita_whiteporcelain_koro_rear (103K)
Detail:
Yasumasa_arita_whiteporcelain_koro_detail (95K)
Interior:
Yasumasa_arita_whiteporcelain_koro_interior (108K)
Shishi finial:
Yasumasa_arita_whiteporcelain_koro_shishi (101K)
Mark:
Yasumasa_arita_whiteporcelain_koro_mark (109K)
Tomobako lid: Yasumasa 晏正
Yasumasa_arita_whiteporcelain_koro_tomobako (196K)


Ceramic_koro_shinshaglaze (175K) Creator.Personal Name: Unknown.
Description: ceramic incense burner with red copper glaze (shinsha); unmarked.
Subject: Incense burners and containers—Japan.
Subject: Pottery, Japanese.
Style.Period: Contemporary.
Material.Medium: ceramic (material).
Measurements: diameter 2.5 in., height 3.3 in.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
Record Type: work.
Top view:
Ceramic_koro_shinshaglaze_top (201K)
Detail:
Ceramic_koro_shinshaglaze_detail (229K)
Side view:
Ceramic_koro_shinshaglaze_side1 (159K)
Side view:
Ceramic_koro_shinshaglaze_side2 (164K)
Interior:
Ceramic_koro_shinshaglaze_interior (158K)
Bottom:
Ceramic_koro_shinshaglaze_bottom (170K)


Koransha_Arita_koro (161K) Creator.Corporate Name: 香蘭社.
Creator.Corporate Name: Kōransha.
Description: green glazed cylindrical Akita ware porcelain incense burner with gold and red overglaze phoenix design; mark on bottom: Kōransha 香蘭社.
Subject: Incense burners and containers—Japan.
Subject: Pottery, Japanese.
Style.Period: Contemporary.
Material.Medium: ceramic (material).
Measurements: diameter 3 in., height 4.3 in.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
Record Type: work.
Top view:
Koransha_Arita_koro_top (173K)
Detail:
Koransha_Arita_koro_detail (272K)
Side view:
Koransha_Arita_koro_side (146K)
Side view:
Koransha_Arita_koro_side2 (216K)
Interior:
Koransha_Arita_koro_interior (140K)
Mark—香蘭社:
Koransha_Arita_koro_mark (133K)


Celadon_porcelain_koro_monkeys (270K) Creator.Personal Name: Yoshio?
Description: green glazed porcelain incense burner with the three wise monkeys (三猿)* and flowering tree design; mark on bottom; with tomobako.
Subject: Incense burners and containers—Japan.
Subject: Pottery, Japanese.
Style.Period: Contemporary.
Material.Medium: ceramic (material).
Measurements: diameter 4.3 in., height 5.3 in.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
Record Type: work.

* The 3 wise monkeys depict the proverb "See no evil, speak no evil, hear no evil," mizaru, kikazaru, iwazaru 見ざる, 聞かざる,言わざる. The finial depicts a mother monkey and her baby.

Rear view:
Celadon_porcelain_koro_monkeys_rear (290K)
Interior:
Celadon_porcelain_koro_monkeys_interior (223K)
Bottom:
Celadon_porcelain_koro_monkeys_bottom (309K)
Tomobako:
Celadon_porcelain_koro_monkeys_tomobako (239K)
Tomobako lid:
Celadon_porcelain_koro_monkeys_tomobako_lid (381K)


Hirado_style_koro (186K) Creator.Personal Name: 杉原一壺.
Creator.Personal Name: Sugihara Ikko.
Description: glazed Hirado style hakuji porcelain incense burner with openwork sides; mark on bottom and the lid's interior.
Subject: Incense burners and containers—Japan.
Subject: Pottery, Japanese.
Style.Period: Contemporary.
Material.Medium: ceramic (material).
Measurements: 3 7/8 in. square, height 5 in.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
Record Type: work.

See another example by Sugihara Ikko.
Side view:
Hirado_style_koro_side1 (184K)
Side view:
Hirado_style_koro_side2 (158K)
Detail:
Hirado_style_koro_detail1 (176K)
Detail:
Hirado_style_koro_detail2 (212K)
Mark on lid interior:
Hirado_style_koro_mark_lid (193K)
Mark on bottom:
Hirado_style_koro_mark_bottom (205K)
Interior:
Hirado_style_koro_interior (169K)
Lid detail:
Hirado_style_koro_lid_detail (214K)


Kumamoto_Kohei_koro (97K) Creator.Personal Name: 熊本幸平.
Creator.Personal Name: Kumamoto Kōhei.
Description: unglazed incense burner with pierced work; mark on bottom; with tomobako.
Subject: Incense burners and containers—Japan.
Subject: Pottery, Japanese.
Style.Period: Contemporary.
Material.Medium: ceramic (material).
Measurements: 2.6 in. diameter, height 6.1 in.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
Record Type: work.

Side view:
Kumamoto_Kohei_koro_side1 (93K)
Side view:
Kumamoto_Kohei_koro_side2 (104K)
Top view:
Kumamoto_Kohei_koro_top (115K)
Detail:
Kumamoto_Kohei_koro_detail (150K)
Interior:
Kumamoto_Kohei_koro_interior (127K)
Bottom:
Kumamoto_Kohei_koro_bottom (105K)
Mark on bottom:
Kumamoto_Kohei_koro_mark (138K)
Tomobako lid:
Kumamoto_Kohei_koro_tomobako_lid (176K)


white_porcelain_koro_metal_lid (149K) Creator.Personal Name: Unidentified.
Description: glazed white porcelain incense burner with handles and pierced work sides; lid is pierced work metal with floral design; mark on bottom.
Subject: Incense burners and containers—Japan.
Subject: Pottery, Japanese.
Style.Period: Contemporary.
Material.Medium: ceramic (material).
Measurements: 5.2 in. diameter, height 5 in.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
Record Type: work.

Side view:
white_porcelain_koro_metal_lid_side1 (135K)
Side view:
white_porcelain_koro_metal_lid_side2 (147K)
Top view:
white_porcelain_koro_metal_lid_top (151K)
Mark:
white_porcelain_koro_metal_lid_mark (97K)
Interior:
white_porcelain_koro_metal_lid_interior (131K)
Bottom:
white_porcelain_koro_metal_lid_bottom (130K)


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