Brûle-parfum, M.C. 2016-7 (1 of 2)

Author(s): anonymous, founder production date: between -300 and -200 dating in century: 3rd century bc. Ad type(s) of object(s): china, beliefs - customs - cults - ceremonies, archaeology, metal, metal arts name(s): religious object, incense burner materials and techniques: bronze, openwork place(s) of execution/realization: china dimensions - artwork: height: 16. 5cm diameter: 12. 3cm iconographic description: lid perforated on its perimeter by trapezoidal openings and in its center by the spaces left between the bodies of two intertwined slender animals. Themes / subjects / places represented: animal mode of acquisition: donation (notarial deed) name of donor, testator, seller: marquet, françoise (wife zao wou-ki 趙無極) date of acquisition: 2016 institution: cernuschi museum, museum of asian arts of the city of paris inventory number: m. C. 2016-7. Date: Entre -300 et -200.