Incense Burner
Gilt bronze
Incense Burner
CHINA; Tang dynasty
This incense burner consists of a bowl and a lid. The round bowl has a flat bottom, which is supported by the faces and legs of five beasts. Two or three rings hanging down on either side of the legs. The lid is in three sections: the lower section flares slightly outward to cover the rim of the bowl, and the middle section is in the form of an inverted bowl with trefoil-shape holes to allow the smoke to disperse. The lotus bud-shaped spire also has holes in it.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts, page 136.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Incense Burner." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , vol. 18, 2016, pp. 136.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Wen Fan. 2016. "Incense Burner" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , 18:136.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Fan, W.. (2016). Incense Burner. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts (Vol. 18, pp. 136).
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