2006.170.270.A-B: Covered tripod censer
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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
- Permissions
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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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