Toriawase (tea utensil arrangement): Brazier (furo) and brazier tile

Creator:

Nishimura Doya, fl. ca. 1750 (attributed)

Published/Created:

ca. 1750 (brazier); ca. 1600-1650 (tile)

Physical Description:

H: 18.5 cm (brazier); 3.8 x 31.7 x 30.5 cm (tile)
bronze brazier and porcelain tile with cobalt pigment with clear glaze

Notes:

Brazier: Attributed to Nishimura Doya. Simplicity of Chinese prototype. Elephant-headed leags. Alloy is certified Chinese bronze. Tile: Probably from Jingdezhen (Jiangxi Province), or Fujian kilns.

Variant Titles:

風炉

Topics:

Ceramics -- China -- Ming dynasty, 1368-1644 -- (YVRC)
Japanese tea ceremony -- (LC)
Metalwork -- Japan -- Edo period, 1615-1868 -- (YVRC)

Accession Number:

MY3100B

Genre:

braziers (cooking equipment) (AAT)

Format:

Image

Rights:

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Access Restrictions:

Yale Community Only

Source Title:

Asian Collection (Mimi Hall Yiengpruksawan Personal Collection)

Source Note:

CrossCurrents, No. 33-39, p. 121

Yale Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Digital Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Original Repository:

Collection of Peggy and Richard M. Danziger

Local Record Number:

Portfolio Item ID: 317057

OID:

585875

PID:

digcoll:2063098