Period:Ming dynasty Production date:1506-1521
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, underglazed,
Dimensions:Diameter: 14 centimetres (at mouth) Height: 12.50 centimetres
Description:
Porcelain incense burner with three legs decorated in underglaze blue and with missing handles. This incense burner has three tapering solid legs, a compressed globular body, short raised neck and wider angled rim. Originally it would have had handles fixed on either side. Around the belly, positioned above and between the legs, are six roundels encircling Arabic inscriptions surrounded by ‘ruyi’ heads and lozenges. Around the neck is scroll work with ‘ruyi’ heads and at the rim a key-fret border. The base, which is glazed except for a firing ring and the tips of the legs, bears a six-character Zhengde reign mark.
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![图片[1]-incense-burner BM-1973-0726.367-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Ming dynasty/Ceramics/00006207_001.jpg)
![图片[2]-incense-burner BM-1973-0726.367-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Ming dynasty/Ceramics/mid_00264941_001.jpg)
![图片[3]-incense-burner BM-1973-0726.367-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Ming dynasty/Ceramics/mid_00757264_001.jpg)
Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:Such porcelain incense burners are modelled after earlier bronze versions. Incense sticks, coils, powders or pellets suitable for burning in this type of vessel include vanilla and aloeswood. Other gum-based substances such as camphor release their scent through being heated on a bed of charcoal. Incense was burned by members of the elite at temples and also in a domestic context, such as while playing the dulcimer or admiring scenery.
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, underglazed,
Dimensions:Diameter: 14 centimetres (at mouth) Height: 12.50 centimetres
Description:
Porcelain incense burner with three legs decorated in underglaze blue and with missing handles. This incense burner has three tapering solid legs, a compressed globular body, short raised neck and wider angled rim. Originally it would have had handles fixed on either side. Around the belly, positioned above and between the legs, are six roundels encircling Arabic inscriptions surrounded by ‘ruyi’ heads and lozenges. Around the neck is scroll work with ‘ruyi’ heads and at the rim a key-fret border. The base, which is glazed except for a firing ring and the tips of the legs, bears a six-character Zhengde reign mark.
IMG
Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:Such porcelain incense burners are modelled after earlier bronze versions. Incense sticks, coils, powders or pellets suitable for burning in this type of vessel include vanilla and aloeswood. Other gum-based substances such as camphor release their scent through being heated on a bed of charcoal. Incense was burned by members of the elite at temples and also in a domestic context, such as while playing the dulcimer or admiring scenery.
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