Lamp or Incense Burner
CultureKorean
Datemid-12th-mid-13th century
MediumBronze
DimensionsOverall: 4 1/8 × 4 1/8 inches (10.49 × 10.49 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number31-130/4
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DescriptionAssembled from sheet bronze.ProvenanceProbably with T. Ikeuchi, Hencho, Seoul, Korea, by January 22, 1929 [1];
Probably purchased from T. Ikeuchi by Yamanaka & Co., Osaka, Japan, January 22, 1929-1931 [2];
Purchased from Yamanaka & Co. by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1931.
NOTES:
[1] This is probably no. B-13 on a list of objects the Nelson-Atkins acquired from Yamanaka & Co. in 1931-32, but the object's description is not specific enough to make a definitive identification. "Kansas City - Itemized Purchases in China and Japan, 1932," Harvard Pusey Library, Langdon Warner Personal Archive, box 15, folder 28, copy in Nelson-Atkins curatorial files.
[2] Ibid.
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