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Censer

early 600s · gilt bronze

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About this work

The censor's base has a band of incised lotus-petal motifs, while the pointed lid has openwork floral motifs to release the incense's aroma.

Cleveland Museum of Art’s own description
Credit lineCenser, early 600s. China, Tang dynasty (618–907). Gilt bronze; overall: 23.8 x 14.3 cm (9 3/8 x 5 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1949.157

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