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Incense burner in the shape of a magical mountain isle
of the immortals
Western Han dynasty (206 bce-8 ce)
Bronze inlaid with silver, gold, and turquoise; h. 26 cm,
max. diam. 12.3 cm, diam. of foot 9.7 cm
Unearthed in 1968 from the tomb of Prince Liu Sheng,
Mancheng county, Hebei Province
Hebei Provincial Museum, Shijiazhuang
