Incense holder. This hollow ceramic square vessel is decoratively perforated on the top, with an open section in the bottom. [MOBB [OPS move] 20/04/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Incense holder. This hollow ceramic square vessel is decoratively perforated on the top, with an open section in the bottom. [MOBB [OPS move] 20/04/2016]
Long description: Incense holder [this description came from Sandra Dudley and seems the most accurate]. This hollow ceramic square vessel is decoratively perforated on the top, with an open section in the bottom. The body and top are decorated with blue paint work. The body has floral designs and the the edges are rimmed in a fret coil pattern. [MOBB [OPS move] 20/04/2016]
Geographical reference: China
Asia > Eastern Asia > China
Person: Field collector Consuelo Maria Linares Rivas Allen; PRM source Peter Christopher Allen
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1993
Date collected: By 1993
Acquisition information: Donated: 25/02/1993
Materials and processes: Material Pottery, Material Pigment, Process Glazed, Process Painted
Dimensions: Width: max 117 mm, Depth: max 58 mm, Height: max 136 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1993.10.39
Research and responses: Dr Lukas Nikel, UCL Institute of Archaeology, saw this object as part of the Fell Fund project Characterizing the World Archaeology Collections and identified it as a decorative incense holder. [AS 01/12/2009]

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