Gilt-Bronze Censer

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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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