Description:

Incense burners or censers�were used for burning incense on altar tables and elsewhere, indoors and outdoors. This one has the same shape as a bronze incense burner called a ding that was a standard bronze shape of the Ming dynasty (1368-1644). However the tripod (three-legged) form can be traced back to the Shang dynasty (about 1700 B.C. to 1050 B.C). An incense burner� made of pink glass complete with a metal liner is in the Palace Museum in Beijing.

Glass
Height: 6.8 cm, diameter: 11.0 cm
Engraved four-character mark of Qianlong reign period (1736-1795) in double-outlined square

Chinese Description:

香炉 中国，清乾隆朝 (1736-1795) 香炉不仅用于祭坛焚香祭祀，也用于家居或室外场所。香炉三足而立的式样，乃仿照明代(1368-1644)青铜鼎的定式，但寻根究底，三足鼎可追溯至商代(约公元前1700-1050年)。 玻璃 双方框内刻有「乾隆年制」四字

Creator: Unknown

Date: Qianlong reign period (1736-1795)

Copyright: Bristol Museums, Galleries & Archives

Object ID:N4546