Incense, 960 AD

A Chinese incense burner, Jun ware porcelain with sky blue glaze. This breathtaking piece, unearthed at Yuzhou in Henan, dates from the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127 AD), and is on display at the Henan Museum in Zhengzhou, Henan Province, China. The museum was established in 1927, and holds more than 130,000 cultural relics.

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