Title
Censer with cloud-shaped feet
Year/Period
Mid 17th century
Region
Dehua, Fujian province, China
Object Type
Material
Dimension
Object size: H7.5 x Dia 11.8 cm
Accession No.
2000-03343
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Frank and Pamela Hickley
This cyclindrical incense burner has three cloud-shaped feet. Encircling the body of this cream tone glazed censer are interlocking motifs known as 'leiwen'. This repetitive motif is stamped between protruding ‘ribs’ on the body. The ‘ribs’ are created by applying strips of clay to the censer before it is glazed and fired. Cloud motifs are carved onto the legs.Dehua, located on the southeast coast of Fujian province, is well known for its production of white porcelain, known to Europeans as 'blanc de Chine'. The earliest Dehua porcelain was produced as early as the 14th century but the production and quality of these porcelain peaked around the 17th and 18th centuries.
