Mountain-Shaped Incense Burner (Boshan Xianglu)

Western Han dynasty (206 B.C.–A.D. 9)

China, probably Guangdong or Guangxi province

Status: On View, Gallery 133
Department: Arts of Asia

Title: Mountain-Shaped Incense Burner (Boshan Xianglu)
Place: China (Object made in)
Date: 206 BCE–9 CE
Medium: Brick-red earthenware with green lead glaze
Dimensions: 22.6 × 17.5 cm (8 7/8 × 6 7/8 in.); Diam.: 17.5 cm (6 7/8 in.)
Credit Line: Lucy Maud Buckingham Collection
Reference Number: 1924.239
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