Incense Burner (Lu) in the Form of an Ancient Bronze Container (Lian)

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Incense Burner (Lu) in the Form of an Ancient Bronze Container (Lian)

China, Hebei Province, Quyang County, Middle or late Northern Song Dynasty, circa 1000-1127
Tools and Equipment; burners
Ding ware, wheel-thrown stoneware with applied decoration and transparent glaze
Height: 4 1/2 in. (11.43 cm); Diameter: 7 3/8 in. (18.73 cm)
Purchased with funds provided by the Far Eastern Art Council in celebration of the new Chinese Galleries (AC1998.90.1)
Chinese Art
Not currently on public view

Bibliography

  • Los Angeles County Museum of Art.  New York: Thames and Hudson, 2003.