Tripod incense burner with archaistic patterns, 12th century
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Tripod incense burner with archaistic patterns

12th century

Medium
Stoneware with molded decoration under celadon glaze (Yaozhou ware)
Classification
Ceramics
Dimensions
H. (to handles) 9 in. (22.9 cm); W. 8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm); Diam. 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm)
Culture
China
Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Asian Art
Credit line
Purchase, Robert Hatfield Ellsworth Bequest, 2024
Rights
Public domain (Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed

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