Chinese cloisonne incense burner

An image of Incense burner. Cloisonné enamel, 1400-1450. Chinese.

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Incense burner. Cloisonné enamel, 1400-1450. Chinese.

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Accession Number: O.6 & A-1970
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/27.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H3D II-31
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 931 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 952.87kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 27/1
Captured: 2009:05:12 03:31:37

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15th Century burner censer Chinese cloisonne cover enamel enamelled Fitz_AA floral flowers gilded gold incense burner perfume burner polychrome

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