id:			153342
accession number:	1986.46.b
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1986.46.b
updated:		2023-03-14 12:01:31.261000

Incense Burner (Boshan Lu), 200–100 BC. China, Western Han dynasty (202 BC-AD 9). Bronze; 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.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 1986.46.b

title:				Incense Burner (Boshan Lu)
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creation date:			200–100 BC
creation date earliest:		-200
creation date latest:		-100
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creditline:			Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
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culture:	China, Western Han dynasty (202 BC-AD 9)
technique:	bronze
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	China - Han Dynasty
type:		Metalwork
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CREATORS

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measurements: 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.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review for 1986
	opening date:   1987-02-04T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review for 1986</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 4-March 15, 1987).

	title:		La voie du Tao, un autre chemin de l'Etre
	opening date:   2010-03-29T00:00:00
	<i>La voie du Tao, un autre chemin de l'Etre</i>. Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, 75008 Paris, France (March 29-July 5, 2010).

	title:		China through the Magnifying Glass: Masterpieces in Miniature and Detail
	opening date:   2022-12-11T05:00:00
	<i>China through the Magnifying Glass: Masterpieces in Miniature and Detail</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 11, 2022-February 26, 2023).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* CMA 1987: "Year in Review 1986," Bull., 74 (Feb. 1987), p. 77, no. 218<br>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.

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PROVENANCE

	(Howard Rogers, Kamakura, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?-1986
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1986-
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fun fact:
Deities (appearing as hunters) and fantastic beasts roam freely among mists and clouds on this incense burner.

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wall 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.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Turner, Evan H. “The Year in Review for 1986.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, vol. 74, no. 2, 1987, pp. 38–79.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 77, no. 218
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25159974

	Delacour, Catherine.<em> La Voie du Tao: un Autre Chemin de L'être : Galeries Nationales, Grand Palais, 29 Mars-5 Juillet 2010</em>. Paris: Reunion des Musees Nationaux, 2010.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 180; Reproduced: p. 181, cat.29.1
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