Box (jewel)

黒楽宝珠香合
Incense container in the shape of a jewel

Raku Chônyû (Japanese, 1714–1770)

Japanese

Edo period

18th century

Medium/Technique Raku ware; glazed stoneware

Dimensions Ceramics: 3.5 × 5.5 × 6.7 × 6 cm (1 3/8 × 2 3/16 × 2 5/8 × 2 3/8 in.)

Credit Line Morse Collection. Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution

Accession Number92.6405a-b

CollectionsAsia

ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery

Catalogue Raisonné Catalogue of the Morse Collection of Japanese Pottery (1901), #3676

Marks Raku
蓋裏中央「楽」二重印