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Incense Burner in the form of a Square Ding

Incense Burner in the form of a Square Ding

Artist/Maker
Dateca. 11th–13th century
MediumBronze, wood base and lid with a stained ivory handle
DimensionsOverall: 19 3/4 × 11 7/8 × 8 3/4 in. (50.2 × 30.2 × 22.2 cm)
Credit LineAnonymous Gift
Object number2003.4.4A-C
Status
Not on view
ProvenancePrivate Collection, Doylestown, PA¹; by anonymous gift to Oberlin College Development Office; by gift 2003 to Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH Notes: ¹Stored in a safe in the Oberlin College Treasurer's office, Cox building, by Charles Tharp, former Treasurer, c.1998. It was then found in the safe by Kristin Manthey. It was held in the Cox Administration Building until 2003. Exhibition History
Chinese Art: Culture and Context
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (January 2, 2002 - June 2, 2002 )
Chinese and Japanese Art from Antiquity to the Present
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (September 17, 2002 - June 9, 2003 )
The Enchantment of the Everyday: East Asian Decorative Arts from the Permanent Collection
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (July 9, 2019 - September 3, 2021 )
Collections
  • Asian
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