Caption

Censer with a cover on a base;, Qing 1644–1911, Chinese art. Ceremonial/ritual vessel: censer with a high foot, openwork cover and handles. Decoration: dragons and hôô phoenix birds on the cover; various animals tigers, birds, fish, phoenixes on the body; dragon with a pearl, clouds, sea waves, geometric patterns, meander ornament. Cover with removable knob. 18th century, China. Dimensions: height 22.0 cm, width 21.0 cm, depth 17.7 cm., A decorative metal vessel with a lid sits against a plain light gray background, showing a combination of dark bronze and bright gold tones; the lid has openwork with a few sculpted figures on top and a gold finial, the body of the vessel is rounded with raised sculptural motifs in gold and dark bronze, a few ring handles hang from sculpted animal head mounts on the sides, the vessel rests on a tiered pedestal base that echoes the dark bronze and gold color palette and casts a soft reflection on the shiny surface beneath.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A26_221

License type

Rights managed

Available size

77.2Mb (1.4Mb) / 15.0in x 20.0in / 4500 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Censer cover base Qing 1644–1911 Chinese art Ceremonial ritual vessel censer high foot openwork cover handles Decoration dragons hôô phoenix birds various animals tigers birds fish phoenixes body dragon pearl clouds sea waves geometric patterns meander ornament Cover removable knob 18th century China Dimensions height 22.0 cm width 21.0 cm depth 17.7 cm decorative metal vessel lid sits plain light gray background showing combination dark bronze bright gold tones lid openwork sculpted figures top gold finial vessel rounded raised sculptural motifs gold ring hang sculpted animal head mounts sides vessel rests tiered pedestal base echoes gold color palette casts soft reflection shiny surface beneath.