IDENTIFIERS
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id:	204562
accession number:	O.1 & 2-1973

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Monday 6 July 2015
updated:	Monday 9 March 2020

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: This cloisonne enamel censer is supported on three cabriole legs.  The body is decorated in coloured enamels on a turquoise ground with phoenixes flying among scrolling peonies.  It encloses a large bronze basin that is designed to collect the ash.  
The domed cover is almost the same size as the body and has several layers of designs and a round finial.  The finial is decorated with red, blue, green and pinks bats flying among coloured clouds.  The first layer of the cover is decorated with geometric patterns, the second layer with geometric red bats among clouds, and the third layer is pierced and decorated with geometric shou (longevity) characters.  This incense burner has a large mouth rim, but no handles.
title:	incense burner

LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
creditline: Joan McClean Gift

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/204562





TECHNIQUES
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cloisonné

CATEGORIES
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category: enamel

DATING
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culture:	19th Century, Early#

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Diameter
units: cm
value: 83.5