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Source Description
This incense burner with gold and silver inlay has three dragon-head handles. Its main body is decorated with flowers placed in round fields formed by a winding creeper. The perforated cover is decorated with a dragon. The lotus bud on the top is used as a handle.
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Document identity
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151295
label
Incense Burner
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151295
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object
title
Incense Burner
description
This incense burner with gold and silver inlay has three dragon-head handles. Its main body is decorated with flowers placed in round fields formed by a winding creeper. The perforated cover is decorated with a dragon. The lotus bud on the top is used as a handle.
date
early 1400s
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en
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Q60740867
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Metalwork
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 16.5 x 15.2 cm (6 1/2 x 6 in.)
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China, Yongle Period (1403-1424)
accession
1983.154
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iron inlaid with gold and silver
tombstone
Incense Burner, early 1400s. China, Yongle Period (1403-1424). Iron inlaid with gold and silver; overall: 16.5 x 15.2 cm (6 1/2 x 6 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund, 1983.154
collection
Tibetan Art
citations
citation
Turner, Evan H. “Year in Review for 1983.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 71, no. 2 (February 1984): 38–79.
page_number
Mentioned: no. 250, pp. 62 and 77; Reproduced: Mentioned: no. 250, p. 62
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The Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
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2026-05-29 07:48:53.394000
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151295
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Indian and Southeast Asian Art
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Tibetan Art
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iron inlaid with gold and silver
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photo
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