Candle Holder
Stoneware
青瓷燭台
中國
六世紀末至七世紀初佛前供具。中國燭台製作歷史悠久，漢代（206 BCE～220）已有精緻的銅燭台，至三國（220～280）兩晉（265～420）時期，隨著製瓷工藝的發展，青瓷燭台隨之出現，至南北朝（386～589）時造型漸趨複雜。
燭台底座呈覆蓮狀，蓮瓣肥厚，瓣尖上卷，上托橫條台座，座上置五個竹節杯，可插入蠟燭。胎質厚實，釉色呈青綠色，釉面光滑瑩潔，花瓣、竹節帶淡墨綠，瓣尖、杯底呈濃綠，釉面多開細小紋片。底座渾厚穩重，台座小巧古樸，別有一番風趣。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts, page 29.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Candle Holder." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , vol. 18, 2016, pp. 29.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Wen Fan. 2016. "Candle Holder" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , 18:29.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Fan, W.. (2016). Candle Holder. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts (Vol. 18, pp. 29).
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