Title

Circular copper incense box with prunus, Late Ming dynasty, China, early 17th century. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Circular copper incense box with prunus, Late Ming dynasty, China, early 17th century. A small circular copper incense box. The cover is decorated with a flowering prunus branch in low relief on a diaper patterned background with single key fret band at the rim. The lower part has a pronounced inward curving rim decorated on the exterior with a single key fret band. The diaper is in imitation of the diaper found on Ming lacquer.
Bath (England), The Museum of East Asian Art

Date

1600

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images

Reference

HRM19B73_464

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

18,0Mb (458,3Kb) / 9,6in x 7,3in / 2869 x 2191 (300dpi)

Keywords

country container China Chinese box color colour ming location century artefact dynasty Ming Dynasty incense artifact 17th century seventeenth century Museum of East Asian Art incense box object Unknown object