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Kyoto ware incense box in shape of crouching #rabbit with seal of Nonomura Ninsei (Japan, active c. 1646-77)

Stoneware with enamels over clear glaze; H x W x D: 8.2 x 7.3 x 5.5 cm (3 1/4 x 2 7/8 x 2 3/16 in)

Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art

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Love this glorious Edo or Meiji era plumpling from Japan. Source.

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Kyoto ware incense box in the shape of a crouching rabbit by Japanese potter Nonomura Ninsei, created during the Edo period (mid-17th century).

Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art · Freer Gallery of Art

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Sake bottle in form of eggplant. Kyoto, Japan. Edo Period, 19th century. Freer Gallery of Art.

From the Freer:

The formal metaphor for this sake bottle is "the first dream of the New Year," which, in order to be considered extremely lucky, must include three objects: first, Mt. Fuji; second, a falcon; third, an eggplant. In this mold-formed vessel - quite suitable for pouring a toast at the end of the old year - the bottle itself is shaped as an eggplant, Mt. Fuji appears as a decoration on the side of the bottle, and "Taka" is the character in the seal placed appropriately to the left of the mountain image.