Pierced Censer
CultureChinese
DateTang dynasty (618-906 C.E.)
MediumBeaten silver
DimensionsOverall: 2 inches (5.08 cm)
Credit LineGift of Dr. Otto Burchard
Object number46-17
On View
On viewGallery Location
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Collections
Exhibition HistoryUnearthing China’s Past, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, November 15, 1973 – February 15, 1974, cat. 91.
Dr. Otto Burchard;
His gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1946.
Jan Fontein and Wu Tung, Unearthing China’s Past (Boston: Museum of Fine Arts Boston, 1974): 178, no. 91 (repro.).
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