Incense burner

1736-95

This incense burner of pale-green jade borrows from bamboo versions of the late Ming period. It has removable ends like a bamboo incense burner, which would be fitted with hardwood ends in a dark color. These ends are made from a darker jade. While burning incense, the immortal landscape carvings glow from the inside; incense smoke wafts out of the perforations as enveloping “clouds.”

Nephrite

6 5/16 x 1 1/4 x 1 1/4 in. (16.04 x 3.18 x 3.18 cm)

Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection

33.1275

Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Live Long and Prosper: Auspicious Motifs in East Asian Art, May 23, 2009 - Feb. 21, 2010.

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Pure Amusements: Wealth, Leisure, and Culture in Late Imperial China, Dec. 24, 2016 - May 15, 2022.

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