Unknown Chinese
Incense Burner

CultureChinese
Titles
  • Incense Burner
Date19th century
Made inChina
MediumBronze and cloisonne
DimensionsOverall (assembled): 6 1/4 × 6 5/8 × 4 7/8 in. (15.9 × 16.8 × 12.4 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Charlene Quitter Thompson
Object number2013.513.A,.B
Not on view

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Department
Asian Art
Object Type
ProvenanceLibby Johnson Moody, Galveston, Texas; Charlene Q. Thompson, Houston, Texas; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
[no inscription]
[not signed]
Base: engraved apocryphal Xuande seal, Da Ming Xuande nian zhi (Made during the reign of Xuande of the Ming dynasty)

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