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Xianglu 香爐 (Incense Burner)

Chinese

Western Han dynasty, 206 BCE–9 CE

y1965-28

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Title

Xianglu 香爐 (Incense Burner)

Medium

Bronze

Dimensions

h. 20 × diam. 13.5 cm (7 7/8 × 5 5/16 in.)

Credit Line

Museum purchase from the C. D. Carter Collection, by subscription

Object Number

y1965-28

Place Made

Asia, China

Culture

Chinese

Period

Western Han

Type

incense burners, bronzes

Subject

birds, floral patterns

Chester Dale Carter (1883–1962) and Dolly Carter, 1952–1965 [1]; purchased by the Princeton University Art Museum, 1965. [1] Acquired in Japan between 1952 and 1959 while Chester Dale Carter was an employee of the Ethyl Corporation.

"Acquisitions 1965 and 1966," Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 26, no. 1 (1967): p. 2, 19-32., p. 24

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Chinese, Western Han dynasty (206 BCE–9 CE), Xianglu 香爐 (Incense Burner). Bronze; 20 × 13.5 cm. Museum purchase from the C. D. Carter Collection, by subscription (y1965-28)
Princeton University Art Museum.
https://artmuseum.princeton.edu/art/collections/objects/29625

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Chinese, Western Han dynasty (206 BCE–9 CE), Xianglu 香爐 (Incense Burner). Bronze; 20 × 13.5 cm. Museum purchase from the C. D. Carter Collection, by subscription (y1965-28)

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