Hand-Held Incense Burner
Bronze
Hand-Held Incense Burner
CHINA; Tang dynasty
The incense burner consists of a bowl, base, and long handle. All components were cast separately, then riveted and welded together. The shallow round bowl is flared to form a wide mouth, and there is a seated lion on the rim. The bowl rests on a Sumeru stand, which is supported by a chrysanthemum-shaped base. The forged handle follows the contours of the bowl and bends underneath. Where the handle meets the bowl at the rim, there is a round, flat disk with a point. The other end of the handle bends to form a platform for a lion seated upon a lotus pedestal. Both lions, as well as the support for the bowl are gilded.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts, page 117.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Hand-Held Incense Burner." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , vol. 18, 2016, pp. 117.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Wen Fan. 2016. "Hand-Held Incense Burner" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , 18:117.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Fan, W.. (2016). Hand-Held Incense Burner. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts (Vol. 18, pp. 117).
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