Harvard Art Museums > 2006.170.202.A-B: Mountain-form censer (boshanlu) with tortoise-form base Vessels Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Mountain-form censer (boshanlu) with tortoise-form base , 2006.170.202.A-B,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 18, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/164894. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2006.170.202.A-B Title Mountain-form censer (boshanlu) with tortoise-form base Other Titles Original Language Title: 西漢 色釉陶龟座博山爐 Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date 1st century BCE Places Creation Place: East Asia, China Period Han dynasty, Western Han period, 206 BCE-9 CE Culture Chinese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/164894 Physical Descriptions Medium Earthenware with green and brown lead glazes Technique Lead glaze Dimensions H. 25.3 x Diam. 12 cm (9 15/16 x 4 3/4 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History [J.J. Lally & Co., New York, July 2001] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (2001-2006), partial gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Partial gift of the Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation and partial purchase through the Alvan Clark Eastman Bequest Fund Accession Year 2006 Object Number 2006.170.202.A-B Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Incense burner with conical lid in the form of a forested mountain, hemispherical bowl raised on a short stem, and base in the form of a tortoise with head turned back toward the stem; the cover pierced with small circular openings and molded decoration of human figures and mythical animals, including the legendary hare with mortar and pestle; the stem decorated with molded images of foreigners; red earthenware with lead-fluxed, emerald-green glaze on the cover and lead-fluxed, caramel-brown glaze on receptacle and base, the underside and interior of receptacle unglazed. Commentary Compare to: (1) Two-color lead-glazed boshanlu censer with green conical lid and an orange-brown tortoise-shaped base excavated in 1969 from a late Western Han brick tomb in Jiyuan county, Xinxiang city, Henan province. See Wenwu [Cultural Relics] 2 (1973): 51, fig. 10. (2) Two-color lead-glazed boshanlu censer with green conical lid and orange-brown dish-form base excavated in 1993 from a late Western Han tomb in Ganquan county, Shaanxi province. See Wenwu [Cultural Relics] 5 (2010): 66, fig. 8. Exhibition History Earthly Delights: 6,000 Years of Asian Ceramics, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/21/2022 - 08/14/2022 Subjects and Contexts Sedgwick Collection Related Media 3D Model: Two-Color-Glazed 'Boshanlu' Censer with Conical Cover in the Form of a Forested Mountain on which Appear a Hare with Mortar and Pestle, Human Figures, and Various Mythical Animals, the Lower Portion Set on a Stalk that Rises from the Back of a Tortoise, the Stalk Embellished with Molded Human Figures Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
