Object details
Accession number
M15w19.a-c
Primary Creator
Chinese
Full title
Incense Burner, Cover and Base: Fang-Ting
Creation Date
late 18th century
Provenance
Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection before 1916.
Dimensions
26 x 19 x 14 cm (10 1/4 x 7 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.)
Display Media
Gilded bronze, teak with silver inlay, and jade
Web Commentary
Isabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
Permanent Gallery Location
Early Italian Room
Bibliography
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 103. (as Chinese, late 18th century)
Yasuko Horioka. "Chinese Sculpture-III." Fenway Court (Jun. 1970), pp. 34-37, fig. 4. (as Chinese late 18th century; as a copy of an ancient fang-ting)
Yasuko Horioka et al. Oriental and Islamic Art: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1975), pp. 41-42, no. 17. (as Chinese, late 18th century; as a copy of an archaic fang-ting)
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