Caption

Fangding incense burner with cover, Chinese, Qing dynasty 1644–1911, 19th century. Bronze vessel decorated with archaic ornament in flat relief, featuring taotie masks and fantastic creatures. Height 15.2 cm, width 14.0 cm, depth 10.9 cm., A small rectangular metal vessel with a gold color sits on four cylindrical legs and has two short vertical handles at the top corners; the body of the vessel is decorated with intricate raised patterns and swirling motifs on all visible sides, and the legs show linear carved designs; the interior of the vessel has a darker, slightly mottled gold-brown tone, and the whole object casts a soft reflection on the pale gray surface beneath it; visible colors include gold, darker gold-brown, pale gray, and subtle shadowed grays.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A21_386

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Rights managed

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77.2Mb (1.2Mb) / 15.0in x 20.0in / 4500 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Fangding incense burner cover Chinese Qing dynasty 1644–1911 19th century Bronze vessel decorated archaic ornament flat relief featuring taotie masks fantastic creatures Height 15.2 cm width 14.0 cm depth 10.9 cm small rectangular metal vessel gold color sits four cylindrical legs two short vertical handles top corners body vessel decorated intricate raised patterns swirling motifs visible sides legs linear carved designs interior darker slightly mottled gold-brown tone whole object casts soft reflection pale gray surface beneath visible colors include gold darker gold-brown pale gray subtle shadowed grays.