Blue-and-white square incense burner / Artist Unknown, China
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- Accession Number
- 1985/2.47
- Title
- Blue-and-white square incense burner
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Medium and Support
- porcelain with blue underglaze painting
- Object Creation Date
- 1844
- Object Creation Place
- Asia (continent)
- China (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- China (nation)
- Inscription
- Inscriptions: Hsiang-huo ting-sheng or "May the incense and candles (burning at this temple) be prosperous and flourishing" and Tao-kuang Erh-shih-san-nien, "the 23rd year of Emperor Tao-kuang (1844)."
- Dimensions
- 12.8 cm x 21 cm x 11.6 cm (5 1/16 in. x 8 1/4 in. x 4 9/16 in.)
- Century
- 19th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Ceramic
- Primary Object Type
- incense burner
- Secondary Object Classification
- Decorative Arts
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- ceramics
- containers
- containers by function or context
- descriptors
- legendary creatures
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- pottery (object genre)
- stoneware
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 1624 x 1252
- File Size
- 271 KB
- Record
- 1985/2.47
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"Blue-and-white square incense burner; Artist Unknown, China." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1985-sl-2.47/1985_2.47obv.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 28, 2024.