Caption

Ding incense burner on stand, Chinese, 19th century Qing, 1644–1911. Bronze censer/incense burner with decoration of lotuses, stylized hieroglyphs FU happiness, bats iconography, fo, tiger symbol, meander ornament, and one hundred antiquities baigu motif; ceremonial/ritual vessel. Round wooden turned stand on five legs; sides of the stand shaped as a double lotus rosette lower part without the top; separate upper base on foot. Dimensions: incense burner height 21 cm, diameter 15 cm; base height 7.9 cm, width 18.4 cm., A bronze tripod vessel with a rounded body and two upright handles sits on a dark carved wooden stand; the vessel shows a brownish bronze patina with subtle darker and lighter brown variations and faint engraved decorative patterns, the interior appearing darker with greenish spots, and the wooden stand is dark brown to nearly black with a glossy finish and curved ornamental cutouts.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A26_229

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Keywords

Ding incense burner stand Chinese 19th century Qing 1644–1911 Bronze censer incense burner decoration lotuses stylized hieroglyphs FU happiness bats iconography fo tiger symbol meander ornament hundred antiquities baigu motif ceremonial ritual vessel Round wooden turned five legs sides stand shaped double lotus rosette lower part top separate upper base foot Dimensions height 21 cm diameter 15 cm base 7.9 cm width 18.4 cm bronze tripod vessel rounded body two upright handles sits dark carved wooden stand vessel brownish bronze patina subtle darker lighter brown variations faint engraved decorative patterns interior appearing darker greenish spots dark brown nearly black glossy finish curved ornamental cutouts.