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incense-burner

• Object type

  • incense-burner

• Museum number

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• Description

  Jun stoneware incense burner with globular body, wide neck with two handles, flattened mouthrim, and three cabriole legs. The incense burner has opalescent blue glaze with splashes of purple and dark red in-glaze copper pigment.

• Culture/period

  • Yuan dynasty
  • Jin dynasty

• Date

  • 1115-1234

• Production place

  • Made in: Yuxian
  • (Asia,China,Henan (province),Yu Xian)

• Materials

  • stoneware

• Ware

  • Jun Ware

• Technique

  • glazed

• Dimensions

  • Height: 107 millimetres
  • Diameter: 116 millimetres
  • Width: 107 millimetres
  • Diameter: 97 millimetres (mouth)

• Curator's comments

  Published PDF date : Jin or Yuan dynasty 13thCRoom 95 label text:

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  Incense burner with wood stand and cover

  
  Craftsmen decorated this tripod incense burner with purple splashes in a lavender blue glaze. The form is based on metalwork prototypes. Modern studio potters, living almost a thousand years later, such as the British artist Bernard Leach (AD 1887–1979), were inspired by the opalescent Jun stoneware glazes to create their own beautiful versions. The wood stand and cover with jade knob were probably added in the reign of the Qing emperor Yongzheng (AD 1723–35) who was passionate about collecting Jun stonewares.

  
  Stoneware with opalescent blue and purple glazes
  Jun ware鈞窯
  Yuxian, Henan province 河南省, 禹縣
  Jin dynasty, AD 1115–1234

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• Bibliography

  • Yorke Hardy 1953 p.15, no.50, pl.VI
  • Pierson 1999 p.36, no.50

• Location

  On display: G95/dc52/s3

• Acquisition name

  • On loan from: Sir Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art

• Department

  Asia

• Registration number

  PDF.50