Incense Burner
maker
Unknown
Date1736-1795
Place MadeChina, East Asia
MediumGlass with silver cover
Dimensions7.9 x 10.4 cm (3 1/8 x 4 1/8 in.)
ClassificationsVessels
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberC17e57.a-c
eMuseum ID718766
Previous Number670
Previous NumberC17e57.a-b
EmbARK ObjectID14545
TMS Source ID3305
Last Updated8/14/24
Status
Not on viewWeb 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.
MarksNotesIncised (bottom of bowl): "Ch'ien-lung nien chih" [translation: Made in the reign of Ch'ien-lung (1736-1795)]
Inscribed on self-adhesive label (bottom of bowl): "M.F.A., Bigelow 1818"
Inscribed on self-ahdesive label (bottom of bowl): (indecipherable), "D3314", "192(?)A", (indecipherable) [dealer marks?]
Inscribed on self-ahdesive label (bottom of teak stand): "D3314", (indecipherable) [dealers marks?]
Inscribed on self-adhesive label (bottom of bowl): "M.F.A., Bigelow 1818"
Inscribed on self-ahdesive label (bottom of bowl): (indecipherable), "D3314", "192(?)A", (indecipherable) [dealer marks?]
Inscribed on self-ahdesive label (bottom of teak stand): "D3314", (indecipherable) [dealers marks?]
ProvenanceNotesGift from the surgeon and Asian art collector William Sturgis Bigelow (1850-1926) to Isabella Stewart Gardner by 1915.
