Caption

Fangding incense burner with cover, maker, ; Chinese art; Chinese culture; Qing dynasty 1644–1911, 19th century; ceremonial vessel; decorated with taotie and fantastic creatures; walls decorated with archaic ornament in flat relief; material/technique implied incense burner; dimensions: height 15.2 cm, width 14.0 cm, depth 10.9 cm., A rectangular metallic object in gold tones sits near the bottom center of the image against a smooth light gray background, showing its underside with a flat base and decorative raised edges; a few cylindrical peg-like protrusions extend downward from the base, and a group of carved decorative panels appear along the top edge. The surface shows variations in the gold color with darker and lighter patches and a subtle reflection of the object appears on the glossy surface beneath it.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A21_390

License type

Rights managed

Available size

77.2Mb (1.1Mb) / 15.0in x 20.0in / 4500 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Fangding incense burner cover maker Chinese art Chinese culture Qing dynasty 1644–1911 19th century ceremonial vessel decorated taotie fantastic creatures walls decorated archaic ornament flat relief material technique implied incense burner dimensions height 15.2 cm width 14.0 cm depth 10.9 cm rectangular metallic object gold tones sits near bottom center image smooth light gray background showing underside flat base decorative raised edges cylindrical peg- protrusions extend downward base group carved decorative panels top edge surface variations gold color darker lighter patches subtle reflection object glossy surface beneath .