A BRONZE 'KNEELING ENTERTAINER' INCENSE BURNER AND COVER, BOSHANLU
Han Dynasty The pierced cover cast as a mountain chain shallowly decorated with wild animals and human figures and surmounted by a seated monkey, all on a bowl raised aloft on the right arm of a crouching 'strong man' wearing a pointed hat, his face fully defined with bulging eyes, large nose and open mouth with his tongue stuck out. 20.6cm (8 1/8in) high. (2).
漢 銅力士博山爐
Provenance: Roger Keverne, London Bonhams London, 11 May 2021, lot 29
Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition, London, 2009, no.3
來源： Roger Keverne, 倫敦 倫敦邦瀚斯，2021年5月11日，拍品編號29
展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《夏季展覽》，倫敦，2009年，編號3
It is possible that the mountain range depicted on the cover of the present lot represents Mount Kunlun, residence of the 'Queen Mother of the West', or Penglai, the abode of Daoist Immortals. For a detailed discussion about boshanlu incense burners, see J.Rawson, 'Boshanlu: Mountain Censers of the Western Han Period: A Typological and Iconological Analysis', in Archives of Asian Art, vol.45, 1992, pp.6-28. Mountain-shaped incense burners dating to the Han dynasty and supported by human figures are much rarer than their simpler counterpart where the mountain-shaped cover is supported on a stem foot. A bronze example related to the present lot was excavated in 1968 from the tomb of Dou Wan, consort of Liu Sheng (d.113 BC), at Mancheng, Hebei Province, illustrated by J.Rawson, Mysteries of Ancient China: New Discoveries from the Early Dynasties, pp.172-173, no.82. A closely-related example in the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, is illustrated by K.Munakata, Sacred Mountains in Chinese Art, Chicago, 1991, p.72, no.17.
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