id: 126729
accession number: 1949.157.b
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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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CREATORS
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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
Gallery One 2012. 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." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 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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