Physical description
Incense burner and lid, in the form of an oblong 'ding', with bowl-shaped body, straight neck, two upright handles with monster masks below, and three legs with leaf appliques; the lid surmounted by a qilin. Porcelain with incised designs and coloured glazes. On each side a ruyi-shaped panel enclosing foliage in aubergine and yellow in a pale green ground; yellow borders. The lid is green and yellow and the qilin aubergine.
Place of Origin
China (made)
Date
20th century (made)
Artist/maker
Unknown
Materials and Techniques
Porcelain with incised decoration and coloured glazes
Dimensions
Length: 12.7 cm
Descriptive line
Incense burner and lid, porcelain with incised decoration and coloured glazes; China, 20th century
Production Note
Inventory
Materials
Porcelain; Glaze
Techniques
Incised; Glazed
Subjects depicted
Qilin; Ruyi; Foliation (pattern)
Categories
Ceramics; Porcelain
Collection
East Asia Collection