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Exhibition Name
Qilin(麒麟) Shaped Celadon Incense Burner
- Nationality/Period
Goryeo Dynasty
- Materials
Ceramics - Celadon
- Category
life in society - life in ceremony - religious ceremonies - the smoke of incense
- Dimensions
H. 17.6cm
- Accession Number
Deoksu 3063
- Location
Goryeo Dynasty I
Lidded celadon incense burners from the Goryeo Dynasty commonly feature a lid decorated with some form of animal symbols. The animals depicted include actual ones like mandarin ducks, lions, and other kinds of ducks, or imaginary creatures such as a fish-dragon or tortoise-dragon. In this case, an ornament in the shape of a girin, a fictional creature, is placed on top of the lid. According to Gaoli tujing (Illustrated Account of Goryeo), an incense burner with an animal-shaped lid was used to burn incense at official palace rites.
