Incense Burner (Lu) with Flower Petals

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Incense Burner (Lu) with Flower Petals

China, Henan Province, Baofeng County, middle Northern Song dynasty, about 1000-1100
Tools and Equipment; burners
Yaozhou ware, wheel-thrown stoneware with carved decoration and green glaze
Height: 5 in. (12.7 cm); Diameter: 5 7/8 in. (14.9 cm)
Mr. and Mrs. Allan C. Balch Fund (M.57.13.3)
Not currently on public view

Bibliography

  • Trubner, Henry.  Chinese Ceramics:  From the Prehistoric Period through Ch'ien Lung.  Los Angeles:  Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1952.