incense-burner BM-PDF-A.216

Period:Yuan dynasty Production date:1279-1368
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed

Dimensions:Height: 228 millimetres Width: 232 millimetres Depth: 223 millimetres

Description:
Longquan ware porcelain incense-burner of archaic ding tripod shape with globular body, three cabriole legs each moulded into shape of lion’s paw with animal mask at the top, and two strap handles on the shoulder. The base of the vessel is cut through to form a circular opening, sealed with a smalled inverted dish on the interior. The incense-burner has a fine, very pale grey body and thick grey-green glaze. There are the Eight Trigrams in relief on the exterior.
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Comments:Published PDF date : Yuan 14th century Room 95 label text:PDF A216Incense burnerPotters modelled this three-legged incense burner on an ancient ritual bronze food vessel called a ding. The body is decorated with the Eight Trigrams in relief. Similar vessels have been recovered from the Shinan shipwreck of AD1323. This ship was sunk in the waters near the Dokdo islets off the Shinan coast in south-west Korea. Of the 17,000 ceramics on board, over half were from Longquan. The ship is believed to have been travelling from Ningbo in southern China to Korea, on its way to Japan.Stoneware, porcelain-type, with incised and applied decoration beneath a celadon glaze Longquan ware龍泉窯Longquan region, Zhejiang province 浙江省，龍泉地區Yuan dynasty, AD 1279–1368 PDF A216香爐此三足爐造型源於古代青銅禮器中的食器鼎，器身裝飾浮雕八卦圖案。新安沉船曾出水類似器物，此船1323年沉沒於韓國西南沿海的新安，靠近獨島附近的海域。出水的17000餘件陶瓷中，半數以上來自龍泉窯。此船應為從中國南方的寧波出發，經韓國去往日本。炻器，屬廣義瓷器，青釉下有劃花及貼花裝飾龍泉窯浙江省龍泉地區（今龍泉市）元代，1279-1368年