Chaoyang North Pagoda: Hand-Held Incense Burner
Stone
Chaoyang North Pagoda: Hand-Held Incense Burner
CHINA, Liaoning, Chaoyang; Liao dynasty
This stone incense burner was recovered from the heavenly palace of Chaoyang North Pagoda in 1988. It is 21.6 cm long in total, with the bowl measuring 6 cm high and having a diameter of 8.4 cm. The broad base is conical with a ring at the top supporting the bowl which has a narrow rim with a slightly elevated inner rim. A ring of upright lotuses decorates the underside.
The long handle has a square cross-section and there is a small disc where the handle meets the bowl with a ruyi-shaped support below. The handle bends down at the end, where a lion sits on a throne with cloud patterns.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts, page 33.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Chaoyang North Pagoda: Hand-Held Incense Burner." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , vol. 18, 2016, pp. 33.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Wen Fan. 2016. "Chaoyang North Pagoda: Hand-Held Incense Burner" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , 18:33.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Fan, W.. (2016). Chaoyang North Pagoda: Hand-Held Incense Burner. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts (Vol. 18, pp. 33).
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