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What is a Chinese incense burner?
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A Chinese incense burner, also called a censer, is a bowl made to hold burning incense. Censers were crafted from bronze, copper, porcelain or stone and often filled with dried aromatic plants and essential oils. Find an assortment of censers on 1stDibs.
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Pair, Antique Incense Burners, Oriental, Decorative Censer, Bookends, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a pair of antique incense burners. An Oriental, decorative stone censer or guardian lion bookends, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Unknown Bookends
Materials
Stone
$1,131 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Antique Incense Burner, Oriental, Brass Censer, Decorative, Victorian, C.1900
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique incense burner. An Oriental, brass censer, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Late Victorian Decorative Bowls
Materials
Brass
$567 Sale Price
20% Off
Late 19th Century Victorian Gilt Bronze Ormolu Gold Figurative Incense Burner
Located in Greven, DE
Antique Victorian Gilt Bronze Ormolu Gold Figurative Incense Burner
Continental
Gilt bronze
c. 1900
Dimensions: H x W x D: 9.5cm x 13cm x 8.5cm
Crafted around 1900, this antiqu...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Late Victorian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique Antique Terracotta Incense Burner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Antique terracotta insensario, incense burner, with three legs.
Category
Antique 19th Century Guatemalan Rustic Ceramics
Materials
Terracotta
Chinese Antique Bronze Incense Burner
Located in Beograd, RS
In this listing you will find an Antique Chinese miniature 'twisted handle' bronze incense burner, likely from the late Ming to early Qing Dynasty.
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Bronze
Antique china bronze incense burner
Located in Berlin, DE
Fantastically beautiful 2-piece incense burner
with lid and pedestal.
This incense burner is extremely finely decorated
with a patinated bronze fu-dog as the lid handle
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
$763 Sale Price
51% Off