Container for Incense Tools, 19th century
Unknown artist, Chinaexpand_more
Ivory, tortoise shell, and silverexpand_more
The Ruth Ann Dayton Chinese Room Endowment Fundexpand_more 2005.7.2a-e
Not on Viewexpand_more
This rectangular ivory tube with foo dog finial cover contains a traveling set of tools for cleaning a joss stick holder and placing joss sticks in a censer. The tools include a plain ivory cleaning stick and a pair of silver placement rods, which are used like chopsticks to place joss sticks in the sand bed of a censer. The connoisseurship of rare incense was a common literati pastime and the special tools associated with it were often collector's items.
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- Container for Incense Tools
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- 2005.7.2a-e
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