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Satsuma kōgō, or incense box, with chrysanthemumsoblique

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Satsuma kōgō, or incense box, with chrysanthemums

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Associated place

Asia › Japan › Kyūshū › Satsuma province › Naeshirogawa kiln-sites (place of creation)

Europe (probable original location)

Date

c. 1900

Artist/maker

attributed to Chin Jukan XII (1835 - 1906) (potter)

Chin Jukan Workshop (established c. 1598) (potter)

Material and technique

earthenware, with polychrome overglaze enamels, including gold

Dimensions

with lid 3.7 cm (height)
without lid 2.3 cm (height)
8 cm (diameter)
at foot 4 cm (diameter)

Material index

processed material › ceramic › pottery › earthenware,

processed material › enamel,

processed material › metal › gold

Technique index

glazed,

covered › coated › enamelled,

covered › coated › glazed

Object type index

container › box › incense-box,

religious/ritual equipment › incense equipment › incense-container › incense-box,

container › incense-container › incense-box,

miscellaneous equipment › lid

No. of items

2

Credit line

Presented by Sir Herbert Ingram, 1956.

Accession no.

EA1956.665

Glossary (2)

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earthenware, gō

earthenware

Ceramic material made of clay which is fired to a temperature of c.1000-1200⁰c. The resulting ceramic is non-vitreous and varies in colour from dark red to yellow.
gō

Art name

Location

- Second floor | Room 36 | Japan

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