Covered tripod censer | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2006.170.270.A-B
Title: Covered tripod censer
Other Titles: Original Language Title: 唐青銅三足爐
Classification: Vessels
Work Type: vessel
Date: 8th-9th century
Places: Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period: Tang dynasty, 618-907
Culture: Chinese
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/176971

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Silvered bronze
Dimensions: H. 17.8 x W. (across legs) 18.9 x Diam. 16.8 cm (7 x 7 7/16 x 6 5/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: [Roger Keverne Limited, London, January 2001] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (2000-2006), partial gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Partial gift of the Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation and partial purchase through the Ernest B. and Helen Pratt Dane Fund for Asian Art
Accession Year: 2006
Object Number: 2006.170.270.A-B
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Tripod incense burner with globular body, three cabriole legs, and domed cover with knob in the form of a lotus bud.

Publication History

Fine and Rare Chinese Works of Art and Ceramics, Summer Exhibition 2000, auct. cat., Roger Keverne Limited (London, 2000), no. 11

Verification Level

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2006.170.270.A-B: Covered tripod censer