Aoki Tomonobu (Ichiryu)
Censer (koro) in the form of a hawk

CultureJapanese
Titles
  • Censer (koro) in the form of a hawk
Datec. 1895
MediumSilver, shibuichi, shakudo, and gold
DimensionsOverall: 24 1/8 × 14 1/2 × 8 in. (61.2 × 36.8 × 20.3 cm)
Hawk (.A): 8 3/8 × 7 3/4 × 3 1/4 in. (21.3 × 19.7 × 8.3 cm)
Base (.B): 19 × 14 1/2 × 5 1/2 in. (48.3 × 36.8 × 14 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Nidhika and Pershant Mehta; Dr. Ellen R. Gritz and Mr. Milton D. Rosenau, Jr.; Dr. David Y. Graham; Drew and Laura Tingleaf; Manmeet and Paul Likhari; and Friends of Asian Art
Object number2018.641.A-.E
Non exposé

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Department
Asian Art
Object Type
Provenance[Kevin Page Oriental Art Ltd., by 2010]; Private Collection, 2011; [Bonhams, New York, 2018]; purchased by MFAH, 2018.
Exhibition History“Meiji Modern: 50 Years of New Japan,” Asia Society and Museum, New York, October 03, 2023–January 7, 2024; The David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago, March 21–June 9, 2024; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, June 30–September 15, 2024. (OL.1629)

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Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
The underside of the removable lid is signed and dated with chiseled characters: Tsuchinoe-inu no haru Tomonobu kizamu 戊戌之春友信刻 (Carved by Tomonobu, Spring 1898). (Figure 4)


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