Incense burner with a hollow dragon ascending from the well, its open mouth allowing incense smoke to escape.

Incense Burner

Vietnam

13th-14th century

  • Titles Incense Burner (Descriptive)
  • Medium glazed stoneware
  • Dimensions 4 1/4 x 7 in. Diam. (10.8 x 17.8 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Bequest of William M. Spencer III, AFI.164.2010
  • Work Type incense burner
  • Classification Containers

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