boshan xianglu

Chinese incense burner
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Also known as: hill censer, po-shan hsiang-lu
Wade-Giles romanization:
po-shan hsiang-lu
Also called:
hill censer

boshan xianglu, Chinese bronze censer common in the Han dynasty (206 bcad 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 the Bo Mountain. It contains several (up to 12) upward-projecting pieces designed to represent vegetation, animals, and immortals. The censer is sometimes ornamented further with ...(100 of 140 words)