Lacquer incense container with squirrel and grapevine designs
Lacquer incense container with squirrel and grapevine designs
Lacquer incense container with squirrel and grapevine designs
Lacquer incense container with squirrel and grapevine designs

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Asian Art
Huo Pavilion

Lacquer incense container with squirrel and grapevine designs,

18th century

Japanese
Edo period, 1603–1868
1999-68 a-d
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Title
Lacquer incense container with squirrel and grapevine designs
Dates

18th century

Medium
Ryūkyū lacquerware with shell inlay and gilt
Dimensions
h. 7.6 cm., w. 5.7 cm., d. 5.7 cm. (3 x 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Lloyd E. Cotsen, Class of 1950
Object Number
1999-68 a-d
Place Made

Asia, Japan, Ryukyuan islands

Culture
Japanese
Period
Edo (Japanese period), Japanese lacquer styles
Type
incense burners, censers
Materials
shell, lacquer
Techniques
gilding, inlay (process)
Subject
vines, grapes, squirrels

–1999 Kaikodo Gallery (New York, NY), sold to the Princeton University Art Museum, 1999.

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