Altar Vessel: O.78C-1946

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Current Location: Gallery 28 - Arts of Asia Gallery

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

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Altar Vessel

Description

Dark green with black spots; a Buddhist altar set of five pieces; consisting of two pricket candlesticks, two vases, and an incense burner. The two vases and incense burner are carved with ancient jade designs. The set are mounted on an elaborately carved wooden stand.

Notes

History note: This set was looted from Peking by a Russian in the Boxer riots of 1900 and was subsequently sold by them later in Russia

Legal notes

O.C. Raphael Bequest

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1941) by Raphael, Oscar C.

Related exhibitions

The Immortal Stone--Chinese Jades from the Neolithic to the twentieth century

Identification numbers

Accession number: O.78C-1946
Primary reference Number: 138378
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Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 26 November 2020

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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