明早期 掐絲及内填琺瑯纏枝蓮紋爐|Tripod incense burner with lid

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early 15th century · Cloisonné and champlevé enamel · Asian Art

This incense burner features two types of enameling: cloisonné on the body and champlevé on the handles. The latter method requires artists to carve enclosures into the metal body that were then filled with enamel color paste, instead of using copper wires to create compartments for the enamel, as in cloisonné. The visual appeal of enamel’s vivid colors inspired a new polychrome palette across Ming art.

Artist

Unknown

Date

early 15th century

Medium

Cloisonné and champlevé enamel

Culture

China

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Gift of Florence and Herbert Irving, 2015