YU Qinghua

(School of Art & Design, Jingdezhen Ceramic Insitute, Jingdezhen, 333403, Jiangxi, China)

Abstract: Longquan kiln made varied celadon censers from Song Dynasty to Ming Dynasty. The most commonly seen include caldron censers, ding censers, fi sh-handled censers, toilet case-shaped censers, cylindric censers, bowl censers, square censers and fumigating censers, all crafted in the same tradition that has been handed down over the continuum of time. This paper makes a longitudinal comparison of Longquan celadon incense burners from Song Dynasty to Ming Dynasty from the perspectives of art design, aesthetics and culturology to extract their respective art characteristics.

Key words: Longquan celadon ware; censer; fi sh-handled censer