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Object Number
991-12-60/15074A
Display Title
Decorated Copper Alloy Tripod Incense Burner with Wooden Lid
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Yes (Chinese name)
Object Description
Lidded (a) tripod incense burner of copper alloy (b). In the shape of archaic bronze cooking cauldron. Decorated on each leg with cicada motif -- design is painted. Thunder pattern and archaic-script characters on body. Wooden lid is decorated with incised carving. <transliteration> (Chinese name). (a) 6.6 cm. (?) x 5.8 cm. (?); (b) 8.2 cm. (diameter) x 12 cm. (h).
Inventory Description
Jar, incense burner, bronze, tripod, geometric motif, perforated lugs
Classification
- Jar
Department
Ethnographic
Date
late 19th century - early 20th century
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia
/
China
Materials
Bronze, Copper alloy, Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 11.6 x 6.8 x 6.8 cm (4 9/16 x 2 11/16 x 2 11/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
Archaic-script Chinese characters as decoration on body (motif rather than mark); 991-12-60/15074A
Provenance
Collector
Sarah Pike Conger
(1898 - 1905)
Donor
Sarah Conger Buchan Jewell
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