SONG/JIN DYNASTY, 12-13TH CENTURY

Details

An Amber, Green and Yellow-Glazed Red Pottery Incense Burner
Song/Jin dynasty, 12-13th century
The deep U-shaped bowl raised on a spreading pedestal foot encircled by three fluted collars, and decorated on the sides with foliate appliqués, all below the widely flared rim carved with a repeating design of overlapping petals radiating from the inner edge, all in green, amber and yellow glaze over a white slip, the interior of the bowl and the foot also covered with a white slip
7in. (17.8cm.) high.

Literature

S. Little, The Herzman Collection, Hong Kong, 2000, p. 27.

Exhibited

Realms of Faith, New York, Kaikodo, Spring 2000, no. 57.

Lot Essay

Incense burners of this type derived their forms from metalwork examples dating from the Tang dynasty, and were typically used in Buddhist ceremonies. For a similar example with a different petal design see Zhongguo taoci, Beijing, Palace Museum, 1985, no. 249.

The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence test no. C199p87 is consistent with the dating of this lot.

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