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Mountain-form censer (boshanlu)
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Incense burner with cover in the form of a mountain peak, bowl-shaped receptacle supported on a short cylindrical stem, and attached circular tray with vertical sides as the base; the cover pierced with small circular openings and decorated in high relief with representations of hills with vertical striations and appliques of animals and reptilian beasts; light gray stoneware with pale yellow-green celadon glaze. Place of manufacture uncertain, probably from southern China.
Department of Asian Art
[Sotheby's New York 22 March 2000 lot. 82] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation Woodside CA (2000-2006) partial gift; to Harvard University Art Museums 2006.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Partial gift of the Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation and partial purchase through the Ernest B. and Helen Pratt Dane Fund for Asian Art
Title: Mountain-form censer (boshanlu)
Description:
Incense burner with cover in the form of a mountain peak, bowl-shaped receptacle supported on a short cylindrical stem, and attached circular tray with vertical sides as the base; the cover pierced with small circular openings and decorated in high relief with representations of hills with vertical striations and appliques of animals and reptilian beasts; light gray stoneware with pale yellow-green celadon glaze.
Place of manufacture uncertain, probably from southern China.
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