Incense Container with Flowering Plants
Tea masters in Japan adored Chinese containers like this and used them to hold incense. The simple yet vibrant patterns in red would have given the tea room a lively accent.
- Cultural property designation
- Quantity
- Artist
- Zhangzhou ware, China
- Period/Century
- Ming dynasty, 17th century
- Country/Origin
- Excavation site
- Material
- Porcelain with overglaze enamel
- Size
- Inscriptions
- Donor
- Gift of Mr. Hirota Matsushige
- Collection reference no.
- TG-2553
- Genre
- Asian Ceramics
- Category
On display: Asian Ceramics
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Asian Gallery (Toyokan) Room 5
April 8, 2026 (Wed)–
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On displayBowl with Peonies and Butterflies
Asian Gallery (Toyokan) Room 5
April 8, 2026 (Wed)–
August 16, 2026 (Sun) -
On displayBowl with Peonies
Asian Gallery (Toyokan) Room 5
April 8, 2026 (Wed)–
August 16, 2026 (Sun) -
On displayLarge Dish with a Lotus Bouquet
Asian Gallery (Toyokan) Room 5
April 8, 2026 (Wed)–
August 16, 2026 (Sun) -
On displayBasin with Dragons and Phoenixes
Asian Gallery (Toyokan) Room 5
April 8, 2026 (Wed)–
August 16, 2026 (Sun) -
On displayTea Bowl, Named "Uraku Ido"
Japanese Gallery (Honkan) Room 14
April 8, 2026 (Wed)–
April 19, 2026 (Sun) -
On displayVase with Dragon Handles
Asian Gallery (Toyokan) Room 5
March 24, 2026 (Tue)–
August 16, 2026 (Sun) -
On displayLarge Dish with a Landscape and Deer
Asian Gallery (Toyokan) Room 12
February 3, 2026 (Tue)–
June 7, 2026 (Sun) -
On displayBox, Celadon glaze with arabesque design in openwork
Asian Gallery (Toyokan) Room 10
January 1, 2026 (Thu)–
June 28, 2026 (Sun)
