Eastern Han dynasty(206 BC-AD 220)
Provenance: A Belgian private collection
The rectangular brazier is supported by four bear feet. The flared sides are moulded in low relief with a continuous band of a hunting scene with various animals between chevron bands. Th flat everted rim is spanned by two bars with eight cicadas to be roasted. The base is pierced with rectangular openings to facilitate the burning of the fire. It is covered inside and out with a green glaze with areas of silvery iridescence.
22,8 cm long
A similar brazier was included in the exhibition 'Spirit of Han, Ceramics for the After-Life', Southeast Asian Ceramic Society, Singapore, 1991, Catalogue, no. 136
Although jade cicadas were used as symbols of resurrection, the cicadas on this brazier most likely represent a regional delicacy and may not have a symbolic meaning.
EFE 26 東漢 綠釉紅陶火盆烤蟬模型
時代：東漢，西元前206年至西元220年。
特徵：方形火盆，四足。器身淺浮雕描繪連續的狩獵場景。外敞的盆沿上放置著兩串、共八隻烤蟬，火盆底部有利於炙烤的長方形開口，整體造型栩栩如生。內外均施綠釉並有水銀光痕。
尺寸：長22.8公分。
