晚明 胡文明款銅鎏金香瓶|Bottle for incense tools
Hu Wenming
17th century · Parcel gilt copper alloy · Asian Art
Implements commonly used for burning incense included a box, a burner, a flat-bowled spoon and tongs, and a vase for storing these utensils. The burners are often modeled after archaic bronze vessels. Although it is not clear if the three Chinese objects displayed here (2015.500.6.22–.24) originally formed a set, all are inscribed with the name of the artist, Hu Wenming, and exhibit the same decorative technique.
- Artist
- Hu Wenming
- Date
- 17th century
- Medium
- Parcel gilt copper alloy
- Culture
- China
- Department
- Asian Art
- Credit line
- Gift of Florence and Herbert Irving, 2015
