Incense Container (Kogo) in shape of Fu dog head Artist: Asakura Fumio (Japanese, 1883–1964)

20th century

Asian Art

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Medium

Porcelain

Dimensions

1 15/16 × 3 3/4 × 2 15/16 in. (5 × 9.5 × 7.5 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Pia Christina Ossorio in memory of Frederic E. Ossorio, B.A. 1942

Accession Number

2013.42.19a-b

Geography

Japan

Culture

Japanese

Period

Showa era (1926–89)

Classification

Containers

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Provenance
Bennet A. Moskin (1922–1992) , New York; sold to Frederic E. Ossorio (1919–2005), Boulder, Colo., January 22, 1977; by descent to his daughter, Pia Christina Ossorio, Boulder, given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2013
Object copyright
Not Assigned
Additional information

Object/Work type

incense containers, stoneware

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