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Boshan xianglu

Chinese incense burner
Also known as: hill censer, po-shan hsiang-lu
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Boshan xianglu, Chinese bronze censer common in the Han dynasty (206 bc–ad 220). Censers (vessels made for burning incense) of this type were made to represent the form of the Bo Mountain (Bo Shan), a mythical land of immortality. Typically, the censer has a round pedestal base with molded patterns of the sea and sea animals, from which emerges a stem supporting the incense cup. This cup has a pierced cover in the form of...

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