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Boshanlu, or hill censer, surmounted by a bird
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Details
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- Date
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2nd century BC - 1st century AD (200 BC - AD 100)
Han Dynasty (c. 206 BC - AD 220)
- Material and technique
- bronze
- Dimensions
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10 cm (height)
9.4 cm max. (diameter)
213.8 g (weight)
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processed material › metal › alloy › copper alloy › bronze
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by Sir Herbert Ingram, 1956.
- Accession no.
- EA1956.901
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Further reading
Loveday, Helen, Chinese Bronzes in the Ashmolean Museum: An Illustrated Handbook to the Collections (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 1990), pp. 35 & 38, illus. p. 37 pl. 16
Glossary
boshanlu
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boshanlu
Incense burner in the shape of a hill.
Location
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Ground floor | Room 10 | China to 800
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Ground floor | Room 10 | China to 800
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