Temple Incense Burner with Taoist God Zhenwu

1604

33.2 cm 24.4 cm 30.7 cm

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Around the cylindrical body of this incense burner is painted the Taoist god Zhenwu flanked by figures with animal heads that emerge from the water holding tablets of their rank. Four figures are depicted on the opposite side of the incense burner in an outdoors scene. The god...

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14797
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Yamanaka Sale, American Art Galleries, 1912, no. 24; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1912 [mode of acquisition unknown]; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
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en
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7
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