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(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Censer
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Censer

Date16th century
Place MadeItaly, Europe
MediumBrass
Dimensions20.6 cm (8 1/8 in.)
ClassificationsCeremonial Objects
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberM27w51
eMuseum ID728390
EmbARK ObjectID12675
TMS Source ID1739
Last Updated8/14/24
Status
Not on view
Web CommentaryIsabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
BibliographyNotesGilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 240.
Nathaniel Silver and Diana Seave Greenwald. Isabella Stewart Gardner: A Life (Boston, 2022), pp. 99-101, fig. 51. 
ProvenanceNotesEntered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection by 1900.
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