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Incense burner
Chinese
Qing dynasty
Object Place: China
Medium/Technique
Cloisonné
Credit Line
Bequest of Mrs. Martin Brimmer
Accession Number06.2443a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsRitual objects
Metalwork
Decorative arts
Metalwork
Decorative arts
ProvenanceOctober 18, 1860, looted from the Yuanming Yuan ("Old Summer Palace"), Beijing, during the Second Opium War by Charles William Carrington (b. 1828 - d. 1918), Hove, England [see note 1]; 1870, sold by Carrington to John Hubbard Sturgis (b. 1834 - d. 1888), Boston; between 1870 and 1873, passed from Sturgis to Martin Brimmer (b. 1829 - d. 1896), Boston; to his widow, Mary Anne Timmins Brimmer (b. 1827 - d. 1906), Boston; 1906, bequest of Mrs. Martin Brimmer to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 8, 1906)
NOTES:
[1] As attested in both an undated note and a letter to John Sturgis (August 2, 1870) written by Carrington, who was a British officer. In October 1860, British and French forces burned the Yuanming Yuan and took its contents as spoils of war.
NOTES:
[1] As attested in both an undated note and a letter to John Sturgis (August 2, 1870) written by Carrington, who was a British officer. In October 1860, British and French forces burned the Yuanming Yuan and took its contents as spoils of war.