Incense Burner | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1964.156
People: Shiokawa Bunrin, Japanese (1808 - 1877)
Title: Incense Burner
Classification: Paintings
Work Type: painting, hanging scroll
Date: Late Edo-early Meiji period, mid 19th century
Places: Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period: Edo period, 1615-1868
Culture: Japanese
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/202847

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Hanging scroll; ink, light color and gold on silk with signature reading "Bunrin sha"

Dimensions

110.1 x 36.2 cm (43 3/8 x 14 1/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: Bunrin sha

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Yamazoe, Kyoto.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gifts for Special Uses Fund (through Mr. and Mrs. Henry A. Rudkin)
Accession Year: 1964
Object Number: 1964.156
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: late Edo to early Meiji period

Exhibition History

Tradition and Synthesis: 19th- and 20th-Century Works from East Asia, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 09/22/2001 - 06/09/2002

Verification Level

This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

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1964.156: Incense Burner