Incense Burner

Censer

31-31-2A

From: China | Mei Wa School Estate

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 31-31-2A
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Chinese
Provenience China | Mei Wa School Estate
Section Asian
Materials Clay | Glaze
Technique Glazed | Fired
Description

Incense burner in form of a bowl on a high stem with a high hill-shaped cover crowned with a fleur-de-lys ornament. 3 slits in the sides of the cover. Two bands of ornaments made with finely incised lines freely drawn on cover. Of buff sandy clay with traces of dark brown glaze.

Height 16.2 cm
Outside Diameter 10.8 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Mrs. Theodore Greene, 1931

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