Incense burner with Chinese lions
incense burner in the shape of an antique Chinese bronze basin with three legs, tall slotted handles and lid; lions in relief over a tao-tieh design on front and back and larger lion with ball on the top on a cloud design of the lid; perhaps originally coated with black lacquer
- Date
- 16th century
- In our collection
- since May the 18th, 2011 up to now
- Dimensions
- 6 1/8 × 3 15/16 × 3 7/8 in. (15.56 × 10 × 9.84 cm)
- Location
- G222
- Medium
- Bronze
- Price
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- Composition
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copper 43% iron 0% zinc 51% oxygen 6%