id:			126729
accession number:	1949.157.b
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1949.157.b
updated:		2025-09-13 18:37:00.549000

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.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1949.157.b

title:				Censer
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creation date:			early 600s
creation date earliest:		600
creation date latest:		625
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	China, Tang dynasty (618-907)
technique:	gilt bronze
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	China - Tang Dynasty
type:		Metalwork
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measurements: Overall: 23.8 x 14.3 cm (9 3/8 x 5 5/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Gallery One 2012
	opening date:   2012-12-12T05:00:00
	<i>Gallery One 2012</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 12, 2012-March 5, 2017).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'Dayton Art Institute, "Chinese Gold and Silver from the T\'ang Dynasty from American Collections," Showings:  11/3/1984-1/6/1985, Dayton; 2/5/1985-4/21/1985, Cooper Hewitt Museum, NY', 'opening_date': '1984-11-03T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	(Hollis & Company, Cleveland, OH, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1949
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1949–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Milliken, William. "A Chinese Gilt-Bronze Censer." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>39, no. 2 (February 1952): 23–24.
	page number: 	Reproduced: front cover; Mentioned: pp. 23–24
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25141765

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IMAGES

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