Title
Tripod censer with rope handles
Year/Period
Mid-17th century or much later
Region
Dehua, Fujian province, China
Object Type
Material
Technique
Dimension
Object size: 7 x 10.5 cm
Accession No.
2000-03402
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Frank and Pamela Hickley
This small vessel with handles in the style of twisted ropes was probably intended for the scholar’s desk rather than the altar. The purity and glassy quality of the glaze on this piece has been described as “…oily to the touch and lustrous, with an impression of solidity or depth, like white jade or opaque white glass”.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.
