incense-burner BM-PDF.16

Period:Ming dynasty Production date:1368-1644
Materials:stoneware
Technique:glazed

Dimensions:Diameter: 120 millimetres Depth: 120 millimetres (mouth)

Description:
Guan-type stoneware incense burner of archaic bronze gui form with an everted mouthrim, simplified bronze-form handles, and a low, inverted foot. The incense burner has thick, bluish-grey glaze with a fine, dark-grey stained crackle. The incense burner has an inscription on the base, which is glazed, and six spur marks.
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Comments:Published PDF date : Southern Song 13thC Room 95 label text:PDF 16Incense burner with guan-type glaze and inscriptionThis incense burner has an incised inscription on the base: 魚耳邊傍穩鐡 釘足 底呈底淡然消火氣穆若葆神情窯則 代傳宋匠斯名紀生設如分次第可識出難兄 乾隆己酉御題Yuer bian bang wen tieding zu di cheng di danran xiaohuoqi mu ruo bao shenqing yao ze dai chuan Song jiang si ming ji sheng she ru fen cidi ke shichu nan xiong. Qianlong jiyou yuti. This has been translated as:It has fish-shaped ears on either side. Iron coloured nails appear on its paler base. Its surface kiln gloss has now faded. Yet it retains the fine qualities of ge ware and carries with it the spirit of the Song period whence it came. The present generation knows how to distinguish the work of two brothers. So this vessel may be recognised as the work of the Elder Brother. Composed by the Qianlong Emperor in the cyclical year jiyou [AD 1789]. The seal reads 古香 (guxiang ‘ancient fragrance’)Stoneware with guan-type crackled glaze Guan-type wareProbably Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province 江西省, 景德鎮 Ming dynasty, about AD 1368–1644 PDF 16仿官釉刻乾隆御制詩簋式香爐香爐底部刻有詩文：“魚耳邊傍穩，鐵釘足底呈。淡然消火氣，穆若葆神情。窯則代傳宋，匠斯名紀生。設如分次第，可識出難兄。乾隆己酉御題。”意為：此器兩側飾魚形耳，釉色較淡的器底留有鐵黑色支釘。此器器表已褪去出窯時的火氣，保持哥窯器物品質的同時，蘊涵宋代美學理念。我們如今已知如何區分章氏兄弟的作品，此器應為哥哥所造。乾隆皇帝作于己酉年（1789年）。詩尾附“古香”（古物之芬芳）印一方。炻器，仿官釉開片仿官窯器可能是江西省景德鎮明代，1368-1644年