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Incense Container (Kōgō) in the Shape of a Clamshell, with Cranes (exterior) and Tortoise Motifs (interior)
Eiraku Hozen
- Medium
- Porcelain with cobalt blue under (interior) and red and gold over (exterior) transparent glaze (Kyoto ware, Eiraku type)
- Dimensions
- H. 2 3/8 in. (6.0 cm); W. 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm); D. 4 in. (10.2 cm)
- Culture
- Japan
- Department
- Asian Art
- Classification
- Ceramics
- Dated
- first half 19th century
- Pixels
- 4000 × 3000
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- Record
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Eiraku Hozen. Incense Container (Kōgō) in the Shape of a Clamshell, with Cranes (exterior) and Tortoise Motifs (interior), first half 19th century. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.