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THBChinese Han Dynasty Incense Burner / Figural Lamp
Lot 63
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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- Lot Description
East Asia, China, Han Dynasty, ca. 206 BCE to 220 CE. A striking and rare mold-made ceramic figural lamp or incense burner, made to be placed in a tomb and glazed with a thick, pale seafoam green pigment that coats almost the entirety of the visible surface and has aged to have a gorgeous, rainbow iridescence. It features a crouched figure wearing a tall, conical cap, holding a young child on his lap. With one arm, and resting on one knee, the figure holds a tall, upturned lamp with a long cylindrical handle and a bell-shaped bowl that towers above his head. This type of lamp would have been placed into a tomb as an offering. Size: 5.2" W x 12.9" H (13.2 cm x 32.8 cm)
Incense burners during the Han period were used as mortuary objects in the tombs of the rich, the nobility, and warriors. Archaeologists have found both the burners (like this one) and the presence of ashes containing aromatics inside elite tombs. Incense burners also played a role in how the ancient Chinese responded to disease. Emperor Wu, the longest reigning monarch of the Han period, ordered the burning of incense during an epidemic and found that his subjects recovered, leading to widespread use of this method. (Although there is no scientific evidence that incense prevents or cures disease, this was a common belief in the ancient world. One theory for its effectiveness was that no one could stand to go near each other in the sweltering heat of enclosed spaces full of burning aromas, so disease transmission did not occur.)
A similar Han dynasty figural lamp hammered for 2,750 British pounds (equivalent to $3,614.60) at Bonham's London on November 9th, 2017 (lot 57 in "Fine Chinese Art").
Provenance: ex-John Hurter collection, Palm Springs, California, USA, purchased in Egypt in the mid-1980s and imported into the US prior to 1995
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#178942Bowl of lamp has been professionally repaired with restoration and repainting. Some minor chipping to base and verso, as well as light surface wear as shown, but otherwise excellent with nice remaining detail and beautiful iridescence to glaze.Condition
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