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Fire Box in form of a Badger

Aoki Mokubei

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Dark gray ceramic object with a badger on top. The badger has its front paws on a rounded object with a fish scale pattern on top. The badger's body is positioned on top of and beside the rounded object. Its back legs are bent at the knee with one foot raised behind it. Its head is turned to the left with its mouth slightly open. The rounded object has a large opening on the front and resembles a box. The bottom of the rounded object has a leaf pattern.

Artwork Details

Date
1800
Medium
Modeled and unglazed (Kyoto ware)
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
588 × 624 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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