Incense burner with pheasant in overglaze enamels
Important Cultural Property
Height 22.2cm, Length 37.5cm
Many people have likened the pheasant incense burner in overglaze enamels at the Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art to a male pheasant and this to a female pheasant, but judging from the similar size of the two, the face turned around, the tail raised, and the feathers in shades of silver, they may have been made as a male-female pair at the same time.
The color sense of the face, with its red and gold coloring, and the rest of the plumage in silver, is truly magnificent, and the effect of the pairing with the male pheasant seems to have been well calculated. This refined sense of color is one of the major characteristics of Nisei pottery, and it may be said to have been brought about by the climate of Kyoto.
The back is perforated with feather-shaped holes for smoke ventilation, part of the back and the interior of the body are glazed, and the dew-body is stamped with the “Ninsei” seal.
