Art Institute of Chicago
Incense Burner (Xianglu)
China
- Date
- Western Han dynasty, 206 BCE–9 CE
- Medium
- Gray earthenware with polychrome painting and openwork decoration
- Culture
- China
- Department
- Arts of Asia
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
This incense burner has a stemmed cup and a domed, openwork cover pierced with geometric patterns. Its design is distinctive to ceramics from south-central China that were made during the Western Han dynasty (206BCE–9 CE). It was probably modeled on a bronze incense burner cast with a perforated lid for the release of fragrant smoke. Other common forms from the Han dynasty are in the case to the right.
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- Object type
- AAT300193015
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