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Incense Burner
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About this work
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.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineIncense 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
