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object 2 of 52
object 2 of 52
Title:Po-shan-lu censer
Artist:Artist Unknown
Date:Han dynasty
Creation Place:Asia, China
Credit Line:The William Hood Dunwoody Fund
Accession Number:32.54.5a,b
Artist:Artist Unknown
Date:Han dynasty
Creation Place:Asia, China
Credit Line:The William Hood Dunwoody Fund
Accession Number:32.54.5a,b
Censers were common to altar tables where special incenses were burned in a variety of rituals. Those made in the form of a sacred mountain like this one may have had Taoist connotations. Made of pottery, it imitates a more expensive bronze original.
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object 2 of 52
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