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Antique Chinese Brass Dragon Incense Burner

Item Details

An antique Chinese brass incense burner in the form of a sailing ship with a dragon figurehead. The body of the ship forms the box and there is a perforated hexagonal lid that holds the ship’s sail. The underside is marked with the previous museum’s inventory number, ‘1938.0191 A & B’.

Provenance
Collected in the late 19th and early 20th century and donated to a Private Midwestern Institution in 1938
Sold to enhance and preserve the Institution’s mission-relevant Collections

Dimensions

1.0" W x 1.0" H x 1.0" D

Item #

17COL077-093

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