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Collection Online as of April 23, 2024
Incense Burner (Boshan Lu)
200–100 BCE
(206 BCE–8 CE)
Diameter: 9.9 cm (3 7/8 in.); Overall: 18.4 cm (7 1/4 in.); Lid: 7.8 x 9.1 cm (3 1/16 x 3 9/16 in.); Container: 11.3 cm (4 7/16 in.)
Location: not on view
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Deities (appearing as hunters) and fantastic beasts roam freely among mists and clouds on this incense burner.Description
The conical cover of this incense burner represents a miniature mountain with hunting scenes. The cover was shrouded in mist and emanated intoxicating smoke through its openwork when fragrant woods and herbs were burnt in its stem cup, transporting its beholder into an imaginative realm.- ?-1986(Howard Rogers, Kamakura, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)1986-The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Turner, Evan H. “The Year in Review for 1986.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 74, no. 2, 1987, pp. 38–79. Mentioned: p. 77, no. 218 www.jstor.orgDelacour, Catherine. La Voie du Tao: un Autre Chemin de L'être : Galeries Nationales, Grand Palais, 29 Mars-5 Juillet 2010. Paris: Reunion des Musees Nationaux, 2010. Mentioned: p. 180; Reproduced: p. 181, cat.29.1
- China through the Magnifying Glass: Masterpieces in Miniature and Detail. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 11, 2022-February 26, 2023).La voie du Tao, un autre chemin de l'Etre. Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, 75008 Paris, France (March 29-July 5, 2010).RMN/Musée Guimet (organizers). Galeries Pu Grand Palais, Paris (3/29/2010 - 7/5/2010): "La voie du Tao, un autre chemin de l'Etre", ex. cat. no. 29.1, p. 180-181.Year in Review for 1986. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 4-March 15, 1987).CMA 1987: "Year in Review 1986," Bull., 74 (Feb. 1987), p. 77, no. 218
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