How advanced is the aesthetic of the “aromatherapy machine” from more than 2,000 years ago?

Base, long bamboo handle, furnace body, Boshan cover

Separately cast and then riveted

The smoker is made of copper

The whole body is gilt, and some parts are gilt.

Still glorious after more than 2,000 years

It depends on technology, not filters

Gilding is a decorative technique in which gold dissolved in mercury, or “gold mud,” is applied to the surface of a copper vessel, and then baked with fire to evaporate the mercury, and the gold powder is fixed on the surface of the vessel. This craft had already appeared in the late Spring and Autumn Period, and had been perfected by the Han Dynasty, reaching the point of perfection.

Let’s count the “dragons” together

Two dragons on the base hold their heads up and bite the bamboo handles

There are three dragons at the end of the handle, and the faucet holds the stove

Four dragons on the furnace body

Come out of the waves

Surrounded by nine dragons, the handle is divided into five sections

Each section is harvested more efficiently

Among the incense burning utensils of the past dynasties

The Boshan furnace popular in the Han and Jin Dynasties is the most exquisite.

This one is another top-notch one in Boshan Furnace

The “sense of luxury” is directly welded on the body

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Put the lid on the furnace and it will be a small mountain that can be ignited.

蓋上爐蓋

It can be considered as unlocking the “complete body”

The furnace cover is made of stacked mountains

There are tiny gaps between the peaks

Light spices in the hearth

Green smoke floats out from the cracks in wisps

Around the furnace body, like a mountain floating on the sea

People in the Han Dynasty believed that there were fairy mountains on the sea

Boshan Lu is what they call “Wonderland”

How to move into daily life

The life experience of this incense burner is written in the inscription

There are words engraved on the outside of the stove lid and the outer ring of the base.

The one inside, Weiyang, is still lying down. It is a golden body painted with bamboo joints and smoked with dew. It weighs ten catties and twelve taels. It was made by the government in four years and lost in October of the fifth year. It was the third day of the month.

It is recorded that it originally belonged to Weiyang Palace

Archaeological speculation

It may have been in the fifth year of Jianyuan (136 BC)

Was rewarded to Princess Yang Nobunaga

The inscription does not say “recipient”

But people want to believe it

This is a gift from Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to his sister

The long bamboo handles grow upward one by one.

With good intentions of wealth and well-being

The smoke rising from Boshan Geli is a fairyland

It’s also a sealed time

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Ancient “aromatherapy machines” are more advanced than the other

How sophisticated were ancient incense-burning utensils?

Let’s take a look↓

△Wenbo Calendar丨Make the mountain smaller and smaller again. This is the high-end “aromatherapy machine” that people in the Western Han Dynasty love most.

Inlaid gold and copper Boshan stove

The whole body is made of gold wire and gold pieces to create flowing clouds.

The rolling hills above the furnace cover

Tigers and leopards run around, monkeys squat on high ground

Hunters walk through it

A miniature fairy mountain comes alive like this

△Cultural Museum Calendar丨The Tang Dynasty’s winter “hand warmer” hides thousands of years of black technology

Gilt silver sachet with double moth pattern

There is a flat ring hidden inside

No matter how it shakes

The small bowl in the sachet is always level

Do not scatter a single grain of incense ash

Holding it in your hands in winter will warm your hands and create fragrance

△Wenbo Calendar丨Use the “Datang Aromatherapy Machine” to light up a furnace of incense and fill it with the atmosphere of the prosperous Tang Dynasty!

Gilt five-legged turtle and lotus pattern with silver incense burner

It’s also a different approach

The lotus petals are hollowed out, and a lying turtle holds grass in its mouth.

Fill the stove with water

It can hold down the furnace temperature and hold up the water vapor.

A burner of incense brings out the atmosphere of the prosperous Tang Dynasty in the whole room

△Wenbo Calendar丨The “best” Jun porcelain from the Yuan Dynasty! This azure glazed incense burner is incredibly beautiful

“Self-made in Xiao Song Dynasty” Jun kiln incense burner

The azure glaze is so thick that it drips down

Collision with the khaki color of exposed tires

Burn out a heavy texture

What is the glaze color like? “Kiln Change” has the final say

Each one is customized

Each incense burner is made with unique craftsmanship

There is also a heart hidden behind everything

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