Title

Damascened bronze incense box with lion dogs, Qing dynasty, China, 18th century. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Damascened bronze incense box with lion dogs, Qing dynasty, China, 18th century. A small circular damascened bronze incense box. The slightly domed cover is etched with a design of two lion dogs under flowering peony and begonias infilled in gold. The lower half has a band of gilt birds amongst fruiting and flowering trees. The interior is gilded and there are borders of hatch pattern.
Bath (England), The Museum of East Asian Art

Date

1700

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images

Reference

HRM19B74_002

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

17,9Mb (444,6Kb) / 9,4in x 7,4in / 2832 x 2215 (300dpi)

Keywords

country container China Chinese color colour location century floral artefact dynasty incense artifact qing dynasty 18th century Eighteenth Century Museum of East Asian Art incense box object Unknown bronze bronze object