Greenware boshanlu, or hill censer

Details

• Title

  Greenware boshanlu, or hill censer

• Associated place

  Asia › China › Zhejiang province › Yue kiln-sites (place of creation)

• Date

  Western Jin Dynasty (AD 265 - 316)
  Eastern Jin Dynasty (AD 317 - 420)

• Material and technique

  stoneware, with applied decoration under a green glaze; unglazed base

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › pottery › stoneware

• Technique index

  glazed

• Object type

  religious/ritual equipment › religious/ritual vessel › censer › boshanlu;

  miscellaneous equipment › lid;

  fire/fire-lighting equipment › burner › incense-burner

• Dimensions

  with lid 21 cm (height)
  without lid 12.3 cm (height)
  13.5 cm (diameter)

• No. of items

  2

• Credit line

  Presented by Sir Herbert Ingram, 1956.

• Museum location

  Ground floor | Gallery 10 | China to AD 800

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1956.380

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