中国铸制铜香炉的历史源远流长,早在两千多年前的汉代就开始铸制铜熏炉以祭祀神仙。宋代在徽宗时期盛行仿铸古器物,铸造出古朴典雅的铜香炉。明代永乐时期传承宋代的仿古遗风,以宋代名窑瓷器的精品样式为蓝本铸制铜香炉。永乐时期所铸铜香炉的款式主要有桥耳钝锥足炉和半环耳或戟耳圈足炉等,这些炉形简洁、雅致,成为明清时期铸制铜香炉的主要样式。永乐早期的铜香炉器款为刀刻阳文楷书“永乐年古式造”六 The history of China’s cast copper incense burner has a long history. As early as two thousand years ago, the Han Dynasty began to cast bronze smoker to offer sacrifices to gods. Song Dynasty in the emblem of the prevalence of imitation of ancient artifacts casting, casting a simple and elegant copper incense burner. Ming Dynasty Yongle period heritage of the legacy of the Song Dynasty, Song Dynasty porcelain boutique style modeled bronze incense burner modeled. Yongle period of the bronze incense burner styles are mainly bridge ear blunt conical foot furnace and half ring ear or halberd ear ring foot stove, etc. These stoves are simple and elegant, become the main style of the Ming and Qing Dynasties casting copper incense burner. Yongle early copper incense burner section for the knife engraved Yang Wen Kai script “Yongle years old-made ” VI