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Gilt-Bronze Censer

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An image of Gilt-bronze censer, cast and supported on four cabriole legs, rising to an everted five-lobed rim, pierced through the sides with monster-face brackets suspending chains between each leg. Chinese, Tang dynasty. Circa 618 to 907 A.D.

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Gilt-bronze censer, cast and supported on four cabriole legs, rising to an everted five-lobed rim, pierced through the sides with monster-face brackets suspending chains between each leg. Chinese, Tang dynasty. Circa 618 to 907 A.D.

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  • Accession Number: O.3-1942
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
  • Aperture: f/27.0
  • Focal length: 80
  • Camera: Hasselblad H3D II-31
  • Photographer name: Michael Jones
  • Image height: 570 pixels
  • Image width: 760 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop CS4 Windows
  • Filesize: 81.07kB
  • Exposure time: 1/180
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 27/1
  • Captured: 2009:05:18 22:19:59

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7th Century 8th Century 9th Century AD Bronze Chinese Date Department Fitz_AA Material Nationalities Object Type Other Keywords Tang Dynasty Workflow _WF_AdOK _WF_OPAC censer incense incense burner

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