Palace Censer

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Artist/Maker	Xing, Liangkun (artist)
Place of origin	China (made)

The salient feature of this ceramic sculpture is the chains of movable rings.The title of the piece, 'palace censer', refers to this feature. Xing Liangkun built this sculptural form in sections, then joined them together before firing. He had to make a special preparation so that the glazed rings would not fuse together during the firing.

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Category	Ceramics
Object type	Sculpture (Palace Censer)
Title	Palace Censer (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Stoneware, glazed
Brief description	Stoneware with ceramic chains, multi-layered spheres and coloured glazes, by Xing Liangkun, ca. 1999.
Physical description	Fantastic shape comprises double-sphere body linked by waisted section with applied spheres of clay. Hand-built in sections and then luted together before firing. Transparent glaze with splashes of red and green glazes.
Dimensions	Height: 67cm Width: 47cm
Credit line	Given by Xing Liangkun
Summary	The salient feature of this ceramic sculpture is the chains of movable rings.The title of the piece, 'palace censer', refers to this feature. Xing Liangkun built this sculptural form in sections, then joined them together before firing. He had to make a special preparation so that the glazed rings would not fuse together during the firing.
Collection	East Asia Collection
Accession number	FE.4-2000

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Record created	August 3, 2000
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O46178/palace-censer-sculpture-palace-censer-xing-liangkun/

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