incense burner

Part of a bronze incense burner (koro), depicting a man on a bull. The robed man sits sideways on a saddle, and holds a scroll in one hand. His hair is arranged in a topknot. There is a roughly circular hole at the top of his back for the release of incense smoke. The figure has a small peg on the underside, which slots into a hole on the back of the bull. There is an inscription in red on the underside of the figure. The man depicted is the ancient Chinese philosopher Laozi (Lao Tsu).

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
82ii
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 140 mm x 110 mm x 100 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
bronze
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
LOCATION
World Gallery > World Gallery Balcony > Horniman's Vision
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