Period:Ming dynasty Production date:1491 (dated)
Materials:stoneware
Technique:glazed
Subjects:animal bird phoenix symbol dragon
Dimensions:Height: 58 centimetres Weight: 33 kilograms Width: 58 centimetres Depth: 58 centimetres
Description:
Large stoneware incense burner with incised and relief-moulded decoration beneath ‘sancai’ glaze. This large incense burner stands on three legs with lion terminals to the body and animal-like clawed feet. It is modelled in high relief with a dragon and a phoenix and has straight vertical side handles. These are inscribed on one side with the date ‘Hongzhi si nian si yue jiri jianzao’ [Made on an auspicious day of the fourth lunar month of the fourth year of Hongzhi (AD 1491)] and on the other with the name of the temple: ‘Jingxin si jianzao xianglu yi ke’ [One incense burner made for the Jingxin Temple (Temple of the Pure Mind)].
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![图片[1]-incense-burner BM-1983-0730.1-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Ming dynasty/Ceramics/mid_00326129_001.jpg)
![图片[2]-incense-burner BM-1983-0730.1-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Ming dynasty/Ceramics/mid_00499669_001.jpg)
Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:Such incense burners, based on ancient bronze food vessels, were also made in bronze with covers in the Hongzhi period. An example in the British Museum, dated 1489, was sought and purchased for a research project into the dating of later Chinese bronzes by Professor Jessica Rawson (OA 1993.10-14.1). Although it is much smaller (height 36.2 cm) than the present piece, similar features include the monster-headed legs, flange handles and dish mouth. Stylistically the incense burner relates closely to Ming dynasty architectural tiles and may have been made in Shanxi province at one of the kilns producing ceramic building materials. In the Palace Museum, Beijing, there is a ‘sancai’ high-footed bowl dated sixth year of Hongzhi (1493). It is decorated with peony scrolls.
Materials:stoneware
Technique:glazed
Subjects:animal bird phoenix symbol dragon
Dimensions:Height: 58 centimetres Weight: 33 kilograms Width: 58 centimetres Depth: 58 centimetres
Description:
Large stoneware incense burner with incised and relief-moulded decoration beneath ‘sancai’ glaze. This large incense burner stands on three legs with lion terminals to the body and animal-like clawed feet. It is modelled in high relief with a dragon and a phoenix and has straight vertical side handles. These are inscribed on one side with the date ‘Hongzhi si nian si yue jiri jianzao’ [Made on an auspicious day of the fourth lunar month of the fourth year of Hongzhi (AD 1491)] and on the other with the name of the temple: ‘Jingxin si jianzao xianglu yi ke’ [One incense burner made for the Jingxin Temple (Temple of the Pure Mind)].
IMG
Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:Such incense burners, based on ancient bronze food vessels, were also made in bronze with covers in the Hongzhi period. An example in the British Museum, dated 1489, was sought and purchased for a research project into the dating of later Chinese bronzes by Professor Jessica Rawson (OA 1993.10-14.1). Although it is much smaller (height 36.2 cm) than the present piece, similar features include the monster-headed legs, flange handles and dish mouth. Stylistically the incense burner relates closely to Ming dynasty architectural tiles and may have been made in Shanxi province at one of the kilns producing ceramic building materials. In the Palace Museum, Beijing, there is a ‘sancai’ high-footed bowl dated sixth year of Hongzhi (1493). It is decorated with peony scrolls.
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