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Covered Circular Incense Container
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Department of Asian Art
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Gift of Minoru Nishikawa
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Incense burner in the form of a lion
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Figur. Bai ze. Wanli, Mingdynastin.
Figur. Bai ze. Wanli, Mingdynastin.
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Brisé fan of paste board covered with silk, decorated with straw appliqué work, probably made in Florence, 1620s. Brisé fan of seven sticks, each one shaped to represent a curled feather. Cut straw, applied to silk covered cardboard. The sticks are made o
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Grave 4 - Symbolic burial
Grave 4 - Symbolic burial
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Belt buckle of cut steel, mounted with two circular blue jasperware plaques, Josiah Wedgwood and Sons Ltd., probably Etruria, ca. 1810. Buckle of cut steel, mounted with two circular blue jasperware plaques with white reliefs of the signs of the Zodiac. T
Belt buckle of cut steel, mounted with two circular blue jasperware plaques, Josiah Wedgwood and Sons Ltd., probably Etruria, ca. 1810. Buckle of cut steel, mounted with two circular blue jasperware plaques with white reliefs of the signs of the Zodiac. T
Belt buckle of cut steel, mounted with two circular blue jasperware plaques, Josiah Wedgwood and Sons Ltd., probably Etruria, ca. 1810. Buckle of cut steel, mounted with two circul...