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Tripod incense burner

Title

Year/Period

c.1620-1640

Region

Dehua, Fujian province, China

Object Type

incense burners

Material

porcelain (material)

Technique

throwing (pottery technique), pottery techniques

Dimension

Object size: H:18.5 x Dia:11.2cm

Accession No.

2009-01522

Collection of

Asian Civilisations Museum

This incense burner with a wooden cover, surmounted by a coral finial, takes its form from archaic bronze ritual 'ding' vessels (incense burner) of the Shang (c.1600-1027 BCE) and Zhou (c.1027-256 BCE) periods. It is a fine piece covered in a creamy white glaze. The mid-section of the burner is impressed with stylised animal motifs on a 'leiwen' (spiral) patterned ground.