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Five-piece altar set (wugong)
Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Yongzheng mark and period (1723–25)
The five-piece altar set became the standard for state rites no later than the sixteenth century. During the Qing dynasty, imperially commissioned altar sets maintained this precedent. This finely cast example is among the most complete sets that survive from the eighteenth century, even retaining the censer’s original incense rack (for resting joss sticks).
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