Period:Ming dynasty Production date:1450-1550 (circa)
Materials:porcelain
Technique:celadon-glazed, incised,
Subjects:bird
Dimensions:Height: 14.80 centimetres Length: 12.50 centimetres
Description:
Porcelain incense burner in the form of a duck standing on a rock with incised decoration and green glaze. This incense burner is in the form of a duck standing on a rock with its head turned to one side and with a shell, possibly of a snail, in its open beak. One of the bird’s folded wings is removable and is made of gilt-bronze. Once the wing is detached it reveals a cavity which connects by hollow channels through the duck’s neck to its open beak and through its body to a hole beneath the tail feathers.
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![图片[1]-incense-burner BM-1973-0726.319-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Ming dynasty/Ceramics/mid_00274684_001.jpg)
![图片[2]-incense-burner BM-1973-0726.319-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Ming dynasty/Ceramics/mid_00280448_001.jpg)
Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:Aromatic incense such as vanilla or aloeswood was burnt in powdered or pellet form inside the cavity and the perfumed smoke emerged through the bird’s beak and bottom.
Materials:porcelain
Technique:celadon-glazed, incised,
Subjects:bird
Dimensions:Height: 14.80 centimetres Length: 12.50 centimetres
Description:
Porcelain incense burner in the form of a duck standing on a rock with incised decoration and green glaze. This incense burner is in the form of a duck standing on a rock with its head turned to one side and with a shell, possibly of a snail, in its open beak. One of the bird’s folded wings is removable and is made of gilt-bronze. Once the wing is detached it reveals a cavity which connects by hollow channels through the duck’s neck to its open beak and through its body to a hole beneath the tail feathers.
IMG
Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:Aromatic incense such as vanilla or aloeswood was burnt in powdered or pellet form inside the cavity and the perfumed smoke emerged through the bird’s beak and bottom.
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