Incense box
Implements commonly used for burning incense included a box, a burner, a flat-bowled spoon and tongs, and a vase for storing these utensils. The burners are often modeled after archaic bronze vessels. Although it is not clear if the three Chinese objects displayed here (2015.500.6.22–.24) originally formed a set, all are inscribed with the name of the artist, Hu Wenming, and exhibit the same decorative technique.
Artwork Details
- 明晚期 胡文明款銅鎏金香盒
- Title: Incense box
- Artist: Attributed to Hu Wenming (Chinese, active late 16th–early 17th century)
- Period: Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
- Date: 17th century
- Culture: China
- Medium: Parcel gilt copper alloy
- Dimensions: H. 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm); Diam. 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm)
- Classification: Metalwork
- Credit Line: Gift of Florence and Herbert Irving, 2015
- Object Number: 2015.500.6.23a–c
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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