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The hill censer or boshanlu (博山爐 "universal mountain censer" or boshan xianglu 博山香爐) is a type of Chinese censer used for burning incense. Hill censers first start appearing in tombs dating to the Western Han (202 BCE – 23 CE). [1] Fashioned with a conical lid, the censers were designed to look like miniature mountains.
Early Chinese censer designs, often crafted as a round, single-footed stemmed basin, are believed to have derived from earlier ritual bronzes, such as the dou 豆 sacrificial chalice. Among the most celebrated early incense burner designs is the hill censer ( boshanlu 博山爐), a form that became popular during the reign of Emperor Wu of Han ...
Early Chinese censer designs, often crafted as a round, single-footed stemmed basin, are believed to have derived from earlier ritual bronzes, such as the dou 豆 sacrificial chalice. Among the most celebrated early incense burner designs is the hill censer ( boshanlu 博山爐), a form that became popular during the reign of Emperor Wu of Han ...
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The shape of the hill censer acts as a visual aid for envisioning the sacred mountains that were said to have been inhabited by Taoist immortals. [274] Hill censers were originally designed for Taoist rituals, but were later used by Chinese Buddhists. [275] Hill censers often include carvings of wilds animals and birds.
Mount Xianglu (simplified Chinese: 香炉 峰; traditional Chinese: 香爐 峰; pinyin: Xiānglú Fēng; lit. 'Censer Peak"/"Incense Burner Peak') is a mountain near Shaoxing, Zhejiang, China. Its summit has an elevation of 354 metres (1,161 ft).
The "elegant light-blue," 6-inch vase sold for almost 300 times its pre-sale estimate in the Chinese and Himalayan Works of Art sale. The piece was initially estimated conservatively at $1,500 to ...
The Chinese dragon or loong [1] is a legendary creature in Chinese mythology, ... [19] i.e. boshanlu or "Hill censer"), without which the dragon cannot fly. ...