Burner: incense: cloisonne

Museum number:
9-128a,b
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.143
Description:
Incense burner with lid; a) body: copper with gilding; rectangular shape on 4 dragon-headed legs; 2 attached lion dog handles; 4 attached boys each with lotus (2 to a side) in the round; primarily light blue and multicolor cloisonne enamel of dragons and longevity character; reign mark on bottom; lid: brass with gilding; seated lion dog with fungus staff on perforated dragons and longevity symbols; cloisonne enamel floral border One of the boy figures is detached AT 6/11/12
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
China
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Glass (material) and Metal
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dragons
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Burner: incense: cloisonne, accession number 9-128a,b, described as Incense burner with lid; a) body: copper with gilding; rectangular shape on 4 dragon-headed legs; 2 attached lion dog handles; 4 attached boys each with lotus (2 to a side) in the round; primarily light blue and multicolor cloisonne enamel of dragons and longevity character; reign mark on bottom; lid: brass with gilding; seated lion dog with fungus staff on perforated dragons and longevity symbols; cloisonne enamel floral border One of the boy figures is detached AT 6/11/12Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Burner: incense: cloisonne, accession number 9-128a,b, described as Incense burner with lid; a) body: copper with gilding; rectangular shape on 4 dragon-headed legs; 2 attached lion dog handles; 4 attached boys each with lotus (2 to a side) in the round; primarily light blue and multicolor cloisonne enamel of dragons and longevity character; reign mark on bottom; lid: brass with gilding; seated lion dog with fungus staff on perforated dragons and longevity symbols; cloisonne enamel floral border One of the boy figures is detached AT 6/11/12Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Burner: incense: cloisonne, accession number 9-128a,b, described as Incense burner with lid; a) body: copper with gilding; rectangular shape on 4 dragon-headed legs; 2 attached lion dog handles; 4 attached boys each with lotus (2 to a side) in the round; primarily light blue and multicolor cloisonne enamel of dragons and longevity character; reign mark on bottom; lid: brass with gilding; seated lion dog with fungus staff on perforated dragons and longevity symbols; cloisonne enamel floral border One of the boy figures is detached AT 6/11/12Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Burner: incense: cloisonne, accession number 9-128a,b, described as Incense burner with lid; a) body: copper with gilding; rectangular shape on 4 dragon-headed legs; 2 attached lion dog handles; 4 attached boys each with lotus (2 to a side) in the round; primarily light blue and multicolor cloisonne enamel of dragons and longevity character; reign mark on bottom; lid: brass with gilding; seated lion dog with fungus staff on perforated dragons and longevity symbols; cloisonne enamel floral border One of the boy figures is detached AT 6/11/12
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Burner: incense: cloisonne, accession number 9-128a,b, described as Incense burner with lid; a) body: copper with gilding; rectangular shape on 4 dragon-headed legs; 2 attached lion dog handles; 4 attached boys each with lotus (2 to a side) in the round; primarily light blue and multicolor cloisonne enamel of dragons and longevity character; reign mark on bottom; lid: brass with gilding; seated lion dog with fungus staff on perforated dragons and longevity symbols; cloisonne enamel floral border One of the boy figures is detached AT 6/11/12Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Burner: incense: cloisonne, accession number 9-128a,b, described as Incense burner with lid; a) body: copper with gilding; rectangular shape on 4 dragon-headed legs; 2 attached lion dog handles; 4 attached boys each with lotus (2 to a side) in the round; primarily light blue and multicolor cloisonne enamel of dragons and longevity character; reign mark on bottom; lid: brass with gilding; seated lion dog with fungus staff on perforated dragons and longevity symbols; cloisonne enamel floral border One of the boy figures is detached AT 6/11/12

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