A round covered box decorated with a carved dragon on the top.

Covered Incense Box with Carved Dragons Chasing Pearls Among Clouds Motif

China

Qing dynasty (1644-1912), About 1750

  • Titles Covered Incense Box with Carved Dragons Chasing Pearls Among Clouds Motif (Descriptive)
  • Artist China
  • Medium lacquer
  • Dimensions 3 x 6 in. Diam. (7.6 x 15.2 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Bequest of William M. Spencer III, AFI.221.2010a-b
  • Work Type box with cover
  • Classification Containers
  • On View

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