1951.28: Incense Burner in the Form of a Lotus Blossom (originally with a cover)
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1951.28
- Title
- Incense Burner in the Form of a Lotus Blossom (originally with a cover)
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- 9th-11th century
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, China
- Period
- Liao dynasty, 907-1125
- Culture
- Chinese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/203254
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Liao sancai ("three-color") ware: off-white earthenware with applique molded decorative elements and lead-fluxed emerald-green glaze over a white-slip ground
- Dimensions
- H. 13.97 cm (5 1/2 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of C. Adrian Rübel
- Accession Year
- 1951
- Object Number
- 1951.28
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- Henry Trubner, Chinese Ceramics, from the prehistoric period through Ch'ien Lung: a loan exhibition from collections in America and Japan, exh. cat., Los Angeles County Museum (Los Angeles, CA, 1952), p. 60, no. 64
Exhibition History
- Chinese Ceramics from the Prehistoric Period through Ch'ien Lung, Los Angeles County Museum of History, Science and Art, 03/14/1952 - 04/27/1952
Verification Level
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