FIVE DYNASTIES (907-960)

Tiered lotus petals are often seen on censers from the same period, such as a Tang-Five Dynasties Qiong kiln yellow and green glazed censer with three-tiered lotus petals from the Qiong Kiln Museum, illustrated by Geng Baochang in Qiongyao gutaoci yanjiu, Beijing, 2000, p.261. Compare also a Five Dynasties Yaozhou lotus-shaped censer excavated from Tongchuan, Shannxi, which has additional lions applied to the base, illustrated in Songdai Yaozhou Yaozhi, Beijing, 1998, col.pl. 10. Most of the lotus petals from this period are thick with ridged mid-sections, like the petals on the current censer.