Period:Ming dynasty Production date:1368-1480 (circa)
Materials:porcelain, gold,
Technique:celadon-glazed, gilded, moulded, incised, biscuit-fired,
Subjects:horse/ass symbol dragon lotus,flower
Dimensions:Height: 24.30 centimetres
Description:
Porcelain incense burner in the form of a well with moulded, openwork and incised biscuit decoration and green glaze. This incense burner is in the form of a covered well. It has a four-sided hollow base with legs at each corner which are slightly splayed and take the form of auspicious ‘ruyi’ clouds. Each opposing side of the base is decorated with a shallow relief-moulded design of two peonies or a horse. Above this is a short four-sided balustrade with T-shaped openwork arranged at different angles to suggest woven wood surrounding a lotus seed pod in the centre. The lotus seed pod is further protected by a tiled roof supported by round pillars at each of the four corners. The detail of the roof is remarkable. At the edges of the eves and ridge are biscuit-fired dragon roof tiles and in the centre of the ridge a biscuit-fired double-gourd tile. Traces of their original gilding remain visible. In between the overlapping roof tiles are regular rectangular openings and the eves are also decorated with incised designs and openwork. Incense could be placed in the lower tray and when it was burned the smoke would escape through holes in the lotus seed pod and in the roof.
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![图片[1]-incense-burner BM-Franks.33.b-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Ming dynasty/Ceramics/mid_00273875_001.jpg)
![图片[2]-incense-burner BM-Franks.33.b-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Ming dynasty/Ceramics/mid_00280465_001.jpg)
Comments:Compare with BM Franks.958.
Materials:porcelain, gold,
Technique:celadon-glazed, gilded, moulded, incised, biscuit-fired,
Subjects:horse/ass symbol dragon lotus,flower
Dimensions:Height: 24.30 centimetres
Description:
Porcelain incense burner in the form of a well with moulded, openwork and incised biscuit decoration and green glaze. This incense burner is in the form of a covered well. It has a four-sided hollow base with legs at each corner which are slightly splayed and take the form of auspicious ‘ruyi’ clouds. Each opposing side of the base is decorated with a shallow relief-moulded design of two peonies or a horse. Above this is a short four-sided balustrade with T-shaped openwork arranged at different angles to suggest woven wood surrounding a lotus seed pod in the centre. The lotus seed pod is further protected by a tiled roof supported by round pillars at each of the four corners. The detail of the roof is remarkable. At the edges of the eves and ridge are biscuit-fired dragon roof tiles and in the centre of the ridge a biscuit-fired double-gourd tile. Traces of their original gilding remain visible. In between the overlapping roof tiles are regular rectangular openings and the eves are also decorated with incised designs and openwork. Incense could be placed in the lower tray and when it was burned the smoke would escape through holes in the lotus seed pod and in the roof.
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Comments:Compare with BM Franks.958.
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