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Description: | Set of five altar vessels for a family altar consisting of a censer, two candlesticks and two vases all made of pewter. Censer of cast 'fang ding' form with bulging belly, two 'gui' dragon handles joining the rim to the body, all supported on four anthropomorphic feet. Candlesticks both cast with a tubular pricket rising from a baluster-shaped column with two squared cups above and below, mounted on a pedestal base with stylised cloud-shaped feet. Remains of a red candle inserted on one of the candlesticks. Altar vases cast in the form of a rectangular tube tapering to a bulging section, mounted on a pedestal base with stylised cloud-shaped feet. All items are impressed with a set of 2 markings: 'Zhang hong fa yuan' maker's mark, 'Originating from Zhang hong fa', and 'dian xi bao yong' hallmark, 'made of tin alloy'. The set of markings appear once on the censer and twice on the candlesticks and vases, on base and upper parts. | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Rights holder: | Horniman Museum and Gardens | Subjects: | Buddhism altar vessels pewter Daoism | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-79357 | Go to resource |
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