Title

Dehua incense burner with rust-red glaze, late Ming dynasty, China, early 17th century. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Dehua incense burner with rust-red glaze, late Ming dynasty, China, early 17th century. An incense burner of squat circular bombe shape from Fujian province. There is a narrow rim out-turned almost at right angles with two small lions head masks on either side. The white Dehua body is covered with a rust-red coloured iron oxide glaze possibly intended to imitate gold splashed bronze.
Bath (England), The Museum of East Asian Art

Date

1600

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images

Reference

HRM19B73_196

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

17,9Mb (339,4Kb) / 9,5in x 7,3in / 2848 x 2198 (300dpi)

Keywords

animal mask red arts country lion China art Chinese color colour brown ming location century porcelain pottery artefact dynasty Ming Dynasty incense incense burner artifact glazed 17th century seventeenth century Museum of East Asian Art Dehua ware object Unknown ceramic ceramic object