Todaiji Temple Shosoin: Incense Burner
Marble and bronze
Todaiji Temple Shosoin: Incense Burner
JAPAN, Nara
This incense burner measures 22.6 cm high with a diameter of 39.3 cm. The bowl is shallow with a flat base, which is supported by five bronze legs in the form of muscular lions standing on their hind legs with tails curled upward. In between the lions are double-ring handles from which the burner could be suspended. The detail of the lions is in marked contrast with the plain bowl of the burner.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts, page 343.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Todaiji Temple Shosoin: Incense Burner." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , vol. 18, 2016, pp. 343.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Wen Fan. 2016. "Todaiji Temple Shosoin: Incense Burner" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , 18:343.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Fan, W.. (2016). Todaiji Temple Shosoin: Incense Burner. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts (Vol. 18, pp. 343).
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