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Incense burner (brûle-parfum), ca. 1775, Gilded and marbelized oak and beech, gilt-bronze, copper, tin and tin-plating
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Incense burner (brûle-parfum)

Maker unknown · ca. 1775

Medium
Gilded and marbelized oak and beech, gilt-bronze, copper, tin and tin-plating
Dimensions
40 × 18 1/2 × 18 1/2 in. (101.6 × 47 × 47 cm)
Accession
1983.313a–c
Credit line
Purchase, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, by exchange, 1983
Culture
French
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