1954.47.A-B: Globular Covered Incense Container (Kōgō) with Decoration of Flowers and Butterflies
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1954.47.A-B
- People
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Namikawa Yasuyuki, Japanese (1845 - 1929)
- Title
- Globular Covered Incense Container (Kōgō) with Decoration of Flowers and Butterflies
- Other Titles
- Transliterated Title: Kōgō
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- Meiji period, circa 1890
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, Japan, Kyoto Metropolitan Area, Kyōto
- Period
- Meiji era, 1868-1912
- Culture
- Japanese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/332681
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Cloisonné enamel ware; polychrome enamels on brass; with incised signature reading "Kyōto Namikawa" on a silver plaque adhered to the base
- Dimensions
- overall, with cover: H. 8.5 x Diam. 7 cm (3 3/8 x 2 3/4 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Signed: with incised signature reading "Kyōto Namikawa" on a silver plaque adhered to th
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Mrs. Murray A. Potter
- Accession Year
- 1954
- Object Number
- 1954.47.A-B
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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