A CARDAN SPHERICAL INCENSER BURNER

A CARDAN SPHERICAL INCENSER BURNER China, 18th ct, D. 10,3 cm This spherical incense burner has an internal cardan shaft that supports a pot in which the aromatic products are placed. The pot remains level no matter how the outer sphere moves. This object was carried on the person like a Netsuke. It was the inventor Ding Huan (Han dynasty) who created this type of censer around 180 AD. From an old Rhenish private collection, assembled until ca. 2003 Minor traces of age

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