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incense-burner
Object Type
incense-burner
Museum number
PDF.205
Description
Longquan stoneware incense burner of archaic bronze gui form, with sloping sides and two large handles of stylised dragon form on either side. The incense burner has pale greyish green glaze. There are a pair of ribs in low relief around the body.
Cultures/periods
Southern Song dynasty
Production date
12thC-13thC
Production place
Made in:
Longquan (area)
Materials
stoneware
Ware
Longquan Ware
Technique
glazed
Dimensions
Diameter:
185 millimetres
Height:
97 millimetres
Curator's comments
Published PDF date : Southern Song 12th-13thC
Room 95 label text: PDF 205 Incense burner with handles In the Song dynasty, educated men revived interest in antiques and in collecting objects from the past. They published catalogues illustrating historical jades and bronzes. Contemporary Song craftsmen reproduced their shapes in other materials, responding to commissions from wealthy clients. The new users adapted the functions of these objects hence the present incense burner would have been used on an altar for burning incense rather than as a vessel connected with offering food to deceased ancestors. Stoneware, porcelain-type, with celadon glaze Longquan ware龍泉窯 Longquan region, Zhejiang province 浙江省, 龍泉地區 Southern Song to Yuan dynasty, AD 1127–1279
PDF 205 青釉簋式香爐 宋代,文人熱衷於古物和金石學,關於青銅與玉器的著作頗豐。這一時期的工匠們也將這些古物的造型應用於不同材質的器物上,以滿足當時富裕階層的需求。新的使用者們改變了器物原有的功用,如將此器作為臺案上所用之香爐,而非青銅器中原來作為向去世的祖先供奉食物的簋。 炻器,属廣義瓷器,青釉 龍泉窯 浙江省龍泉地區 南宋至元,1127-1279年
Bibliographic references
Pierson 1997 / Illustrated Catalogue of Celadon Wares in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art
(p.21, no.205)
Medley 1977 / Illustrated Catalogue of Celadon Wares in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art
(p.18, no.37)
Scott 1989a / Imperial Taste - Chinese Ceramics from the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art
(p.45, no.20)
Pierson 2002 / Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art: A Guide to the Collection
(p.47, no.26)
Scott 1989b / Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art: A Guide to the Collection
(p.56, no.43)
Hobson 1934 / A Catalogue of Chinese Pottery and Porcelain in the Collection of Sir Percival David Bt., F.S.A.
(p. 40, pl. XXXIX)
Medley 1975 / Volume 7: Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art
(Colour pl. 19 and p. 307)
Location
On display
(G95/dc3/sh3)
Department
Asia
Registration number
PDF.205