Han Dynasty Pottery Mountain-Shaped Incense Burner (Boshan Lu) Iran Cypriot buffware jug with beaked

Cypriot buffware jug with beaked spout with linear ornament

complete with an integral footrest

Light surface wear and corrosion commensurate with age

and harmony for the deceased in the afterlife

Han Dynasty Pottery Mountain-Shaped Incense Burner (Boshan Lu) Iran Cypriot buffware jug with beakedWestern Han Dynasty, c. 206 BC 220 AD, likely Guangdong or Guangxi Province, China An exquisite and rare earthenware incense burner, this extraordinary vessel is of the boshan lu typecensers modeled in the shape of the universal mountain, believed to represent the mystical peaks where immortals resided. The conical lid, sculpted as a craggy, undulating mountain, is adorned with animated hunting scenes and wild beasts, evoking a vivid narrative in