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Incense burner with long handle
Incense burner with long handle

Incense burner with long handle

Datelate 14th - 15th century
Object number49.236
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Discovering Buddhist Art - Seeking the Sublime", July 9, 2003 - June 3, 2005 Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "A Thousand Cranes: Treasures Of Japanese Art", February 5 - July 12, 1987 (02/05/1987 - 07/12/1987) Portland, Oregon, Portland Art Museum, "Gift to a City: Masterworks from the Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection in the Seattle Art Museum", cat. # 114 Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Japanese Art In The Seattle Art Museum", 1960 (1960) San Francisco, California, M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, "Treasures Of Japan", 1960 (1960) Tacoma, Washington, Tacoma Art League, "Collections Of Puget Sound", 1957 (1957)Published ReferencesFuller, Richard E. "Japanese Art in the Seattle Art Museum: An Historical Sketch." Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1960 ("Presented in commemoration of the Hundredth Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations between Japan and the United States of America"), no. 68 "Gift to a City" exhibition catalogue. Portland, OR: Portland Art Museum, 1965, cat. no. 115 Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, "A Thousand Cranes: Treasures Of Japanese Art", copublished by Chronicle Books, San Francisco, CA, 1987, ill. p. 107
Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection "Gift to a City: Masterworks From the Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection in the Seattle Art Museum," Portland, OR: Portland Art Museum, 1965, no. 115.
Dimensions3/4 in. (1.91 cm) Diam.: 3 7/8 in. L.: 15 in. Thickness: 3/16 in.
MediumGilded bronze
Photo: Susan A. Cole
Japanese
12 - 13th century
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