Incense Burner
Chinese
Description
Gallery Rotation Summer 2013
8. Longquan ware incense burner
China, Zhejiang province, Ming dynasty, 1368–1644
15th–16th century
Porcelaneous stoneware with crackled celadon glaze
Gift of Domino’s Pizza, Inc., 1993/1.108
Longquan is the most representative, widespread, and esteemed ware of the Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279). Production started during the Five Dynasties period (907–960) at the kilns near the market town of Longquan, where in later dynasties much of the ware was collected for shipping. Technological advances such as the development of a multi-chambered, rising kiln and the use of stacked saggars (protective clay boxes) allowed for increased production in the Southern Song. In Yuan (1279–1368) and Ming (1368–1644) times, the kilns supplied wares to a domestic market as well as to overseas markets in Korea, Japan, and Southeast Asia.
Subject Matter:
This is a celadon stoneware incense burner from the longquan kilns in Zhejiang province. It was intended for ritual use in front of an altar.
Longquan is the most representative, widespread, and esteemed ware of the Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279). Production started during the Five Dynasties period (907–960) at the kilns near the market town of Longquan, where in later dynasties much of the ware was collected for shipping. Technological advances such as the development of a multi-chambered, rising kiln and the use of stacked saggars (protective clay boxes) allowed for increased production in the Southern Song. In Yuan (1279–1368) and Ming (1368–1644) times, the kilns supplied wares to a domestic market as well as to overseas markets in Korea, Japan, and Southeast Asia.
Physical Description:
This is a round bottomed bowl on three legs with high straight sides and and everted rim. It is covered in a green celadon craqueleur glaze.
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