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A medium grey and white earthenware object that has a low dish as the bottom, a short stand in the center, and a stout, wide pointed shape on top. The pointed shape has a thick, swirling pattern with the negative spaces cut out. There are small red lines around the edges of the bottom dish.

Bronze-Form Censer with Openwork Cover in the Form of a Mountain (Boshanlu)

Chinese

Medium gray earthenware with incised and carved decoration and with traces of cold-painted pigments

Han dynasty, Western Han period, 206 BCE-9 CE

Vessels