Incense Burner (Boshan Lu)
200–100 BC
Maker Unknown
Chinese Art
Incense Burner (Boshan Lu), 200–100 BC. China, Western Han dynasty (202 BC-AD 9). Bronze; diameter: 9.9 cm (3 7/8 in.); overall: 18.4 cm (7 1/4 in.); lid: 7.8 x 9.1 cm (3 1/16 x 3 9/16 in.); container: 11.3 cm (4 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 1986.46.a Deities (appearing as hunters) and fantastic beasts roam freely among mists and clouds on this incense burner.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Metalwork
- Formatted Medium
- bronze
- Medium
- bronze
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 9.9 cm (3 7/8 in.); Overall: 18.4 cm (7 1/4 in.); Lid: 7.8 x 9.1 cm (3 1/16 x 3 9/16 in.); Container: 11.3 cm (4 7/16 in.)
- Departments
- Chinese Art
- Accession Number
- 1986.46.a
- Credit Line
- Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
- Exhibitions
- Year in Review for 1986, La voie du Tao, un autre chemin de l'Etre, China through the Magnifying Glass: Masterpieces in Miniature and Detail, CMA 1987: "Year in Review 1986," Bull., 74 (Feb. 1987), p. 77, no. 218<br>RMN/Musée Guimet (organizers). Galeries Pu Grand Palais, Paris (3/29/2010 - 7/5/2010): "La voie du Tao, un autre chemin de l'Etre", ex. cat. no. 29.1, p. 180-181.
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 010 Focus Gallery
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