清 銅鏨纏枝花卉紋高足爐配鏤雕木蓋

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英文品名：A BRONZE PEDESTAL CENSER CHISELLED WITH SCROLLING FLOWERS, WITH A CARVED OPENWORK WOODEN COVER, QING DYNASTY 尺寸：D:19cm;H:20cm 此爐為銅鑄，作高足盤式：侈口、鼓腹、高圈足外撇。頸、腹、足三層皆鏨刻細密的纏枝蓮牡丹紋，地子為錦地，花葉繁而不亂。上配硬木雕花鏤空圓形蓋，蓋鈕作桃實形。銅皮青綠相間，包漿古雅。為清代供爐或文房香具。高足爐，又稱豆式爐，取青銅豆之制，原本為禮器，盛菹醢、肉醢。佛教傳入後，高足盤、高足爐常用於佛前供養，盛香、盛花、盛燈。明清時期，高足爐置於佛像前或書案上，上配鏤雕木蓋以出香煙，蓋鈕取桃、石榴、蓮蓬形，象徵多福多壽。銅鏨花高足爐多見於清代。 This bronze pedestal censer takes the dou form: flared mouth, bulbous body, and a splayed high foot. The neck, body and foot are all finely chiselled with scrolling peony and lotus on a brocade ground. It is fitted with a hardwood openwork domed cover, its finial shaped as a peach. The bronze has a green and mellow patina. It is a Qing altar or studio incense burner. The high-foot (dou) censer takes the form of the ancient bronze dou, originally a ritual vessel holding pickles or sauces. After Buddhism entered China, high-foot dishes and burners were used on altars for incense, flowers and lamps. In Ming-Qing times they stood before Buddha images or on desks, under an openwork wood cover that let smoke escape; peach, pomegranate or lotus-pod finials wished for blessings, sons and longevity. Chiselled-bronze high-foot censers are typically Qing.

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