Incense Burner
date: label: Accession Date
content: 6 Oct 1893
name: label: Donor Name
content: Homer B. Hulbert
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "HEAVY; INCISED FLOWER ORNT., COBALT GROUND."
label: Notes
content: Illustrated p. 73 in Taylor, Paul Michael, and Christopher J. Lotis. 2008. Flagship of a fleet: a Korea Gallery guide. Washington, D.C.: Asian Cultural History Program, Department of Anthropology, Smithsonian Institution. Identified there as Incense burner; Porcelain with cobalt decoration; 14 x 25 cm; 19th century; Joseon. This shape, made with a mold, features a plum blosson motif, an emblem of the royal court and symbol of courage and nobility. Typically, the container would have held lit incense sticks set into ash.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Jul 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Korea, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Not Given
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 027363
label: USNM Number
content: E167685-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Incense Burner