Perfume Holder
ca. 1600-1650 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
A circular tube carved with openwork writhing dragons, its lid now missing. It would have been filled with some fragrant substance then placed among clothes or bedding.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Bamboo, carved |
| Brief description | Perfume holder, carved bamboo, China, Ming-Qing dynasties, ca. 1600-1650 |
| Physical description | Bamboo perfume holder, cylindrical, carved in openwork with writhing dragons, its lid now missing. |
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| Production | From Register: Liu Xinyuan 5/6/1990: Tianqi period (1621-1627), good example |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Summary | A circular tube carved with openwork writhing dragons, its lid now missing. It would have been filled with some fragrant substance then placed among clothes or bedding. |
| Bibliographic reference | Clunas, Craig. Chinese Carving. London: Sun Tree Publishing Ltd in association with the Victoria & Albert Museum, 1996. p. 46, fig. 45. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | W.189-1916 |
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| Record created | December 12, 2008 |
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