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Incense burner
Incense burner, pale buff stoneware, standing on three amorphous feet of hand-formed, pinched clay, the body of a squat, globular form rising to a broad, vertical, cylindrical neck with flat, out-turned rim, two handles of scrolling form with a square lug projecting above the rim; the neck embellished on one side with a press-moulded figure of a seated Buddha, green glaze with splashes of copper oxide.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A(L) 521
Measurements
Height
(cm): 13.2
Height
(in): 5
l(cm) handle to handle:11
l(cm)
l(in) handle to handle:4 1/4
l(in)
Techniques
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
mould-pressed
forming
Applied Art
hand formed
forming
Applied Art
assembled
forming
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
Material
stoneware
Location
Gallery 13A : Case 02
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