The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 14, 2025

Censer

early 600s

China, Tang dynasty

(618–907)
gilt bronze
Overall: 23.8 x 14.3 cm (9 3/8 x 5 5/8 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1949.157
Location: Not on view

Did You Know?

The censor's base has a band of incised lotus-petal motifs, while the pointed lid has openwork floral motifs to release the incense's aroma.
  • ?–1949
    (Hollis & Company, Cleveland, OH, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1949–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Milliken, William. "A Chinese Gilt-Bronze Censer." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 39, no. 2 (February 1952): 23–24. Reproduced: front cover; Mentioned: pp. 23–24 www.jstor.org
  • Gallery One 2012. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 12, 2012-March 5, 2017).
  • {{cite web|title=Censer|url=false|author=|year=early 600s|access-date=14 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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