Antique Incense

Circa 1860 Censers are a type of vessel for burning incense. In many cultures burning incense has spiritual and religious connotations which influence the design and decoration of t...

The table was probably used in a family shrine to worship ancestors by burning incense and making other offerings. The piece features traditional mortise-and-tenon joinery and a floa...

Besides the creative inspiration afforded by its natural patterning, the stone top insulated the table from burning incense and was easy to clean when ink was spilled.

The underlying wood is Elm. There are no incense burn marks (or cigarette burns) as is typical, indicating that this slim piece was quite well taken care of.

This is a table on which vases and incense burners are placed. It has an attractive shape.

This offering table from China's Shanxi province dates to the early 19th century and was originally used to display an ancestor shrine in a provincial household. Incense, candles, an...

Spirit tablets are erected on the altar before them and incense and offerings are placed on the table behind them.

in two sections with hand carved moldings throughout, the upper section with two paneled doors over four small drawers and a small arched locking door in the center, the door opening...

Spirit tablets are erected on the altar before them and incense and offerings are placed on the table behind them.

The inverse domed ash tray offers indentations as well as a holder with stylized geometric crosshatch patterns for holding cigarettes, or incense. With its uncompromising quality, ev...

These two boxes were probably part of a wedding trousseau of which one of the pieces, a square incense box with identical ornamentation, is kept in the Pincé Museum in Angers (inv.

It was designed to be used as an incense burner. A Chinese poem on the back. The frog (kaeru) is associated with luck and wealth.

The young priestess isn’t in fact sprinkling incense but salted flour which along with libations of wine, milk, or olive oil was one of few offerings the Vestals made to the Sacred F...

Beautifully painted with a skilled hand, the trunk celebrates the season with offerings of chrysanthemums, nestled amidst an assortment of auspicious objects, including a ruyi scepte...

It can be used as a stand for placing items, an exhibition stand on a table, a flower stand, an incense burner stand, etc. How to use is up to you!

The 19th-century table would have originally been used as a home altar for ancestor worship, placed against the back wall of a main room and laden with ancestral tablets, iconography...

Coffers were often used as family altars - the drawers holding incense and the additional space beneath used for other household goods.

Antique late 19th Century Japanese Meiji period Shibayama Koro (Incense Burner). The silver body is applied of very fine enamel work, both sides adorned with a finely carved circular...

The inverse domed ash tray offers indentations as well as a holder with stylized geometric crosshatch patterns for holding cigarettes, or incense. The cylindrical body of the piece c...

Due to the durability of stone, inlaid tables such as this were also used as surfaces for burning incense or pouring wine. The table has a corner leg design with four round legs li...

His cloisonné enamel pieces, including vases, jars, and koro (incense burners), are highly valued for their artistry and quality.

Can be used as a portable spice/herb rack, ingredient storage, tobacco, incense, carry and organize arts and crafts, table/desk organization, with a lock it can be used as a unique s...

Such a pouch was used by Tibetan pilgrims to keep a Buddha statue close or store pieces of incense. It is extraordinary rare such a piece survived the years of travel and weather of ...

Pair of Chinese embossed silver oxen trinket boxes or incense burners with inlaid coral, turquoise and mother-of-pearl.

A burning Athenienne, or tripod incense burner, is set on the end of each andiron, with a goat's head sculpted at the top of each tripod leg.

The masterly details of the brush strokes, the expertly employment of gradient of color, created a realistic image that exemplifies the epitome of work from Kozan studio. For an ince...

The inverse domed ash tray offers indentations as well as a holder with stylized geometric crosshatch patterns for holding cigarettes, or incense. Additionally, the height of this pi...

Referred to as altar tables, these slender tables are also used as a domestic altars for familial ancestor worship, laden with incense, figures, and offerings. This recessed-leg ...

The paper pasted on the drawer is written as "Incense", "Half paper", "Colored items" and "Cross needle", etc., and it is thought that it was stored products sold in the store.

Once used for storing incense the black lacquer background is beautifully adorned with a golden hue, creating a stunning visual contrast with blossom and floral detailing.

While the word has other meanings in culinary respects, in the decorative arts, cassolettes are small covered vases meant to hold perfumed substances or incense. Popular during the 1...

While the word has other meanings in culinary respects, in the decorative arts, cassolettes are small covered vases meant to hold perfumed substances or incense. Popular during the 1...

A beautiful Ming dynasty celadon glazed tripod censer, used for burning incense, from the Longquan kilns and dating to the 14th-17th century.

Two parts, wing is removable to insert favorite incense. Dimensions: 5 inches high and 5 inches long.

Brilliant Persian turquoise footed bowl and figural sculptures with gold glaze (possibly incensors) by Leon Volkmar for Durant Kilns. The footed bowl can be purchased separately for...

These were then displayed at a family shrine or altar within the home where descendants burned incense, placed food offerings, and kowtowed to the image.

The rug has a Royal Blue color field with auspicious objects and symbols including incense burners, potted plants, temples, pagodas.

Fine quality Hirado Kiln Craftsmenship An attractive and hard to find large Japanese Meiji period (1868-1912) blue and white Hirado fine Porcelain Kasuga Lantern form candleholder o...

Fine quality, excellent Japanese Craftsmenship An attractive unusually tall and hard to find large Japanese Meiji period (1868-1912) blue and white fine Porcelain Kasuga Lantern f...

Among the items they carved were nut crackers, Christmas pyramids, light arches and incense smokers. Over the years the nut cracker has become one of the Classic international symbol...

Upon them there are two rosettes with incense burners. These two lateral frames are wing shaped and lay on two lions.

There are many stone-based living tools in Joseon Dynasty, and there are works made of stone such as incense burners and braziers. This is a soft stone that is hollowed out.

On the right side, women are bringing tea, incense and flowers to an unknown place while a man is standing behind them, a large fan bringing him air.

Further adding to the jar’s sense of mysticism is its function as a potpourri: one might imagine heavy incense billowing out as invisible clouds of smoke.

Standing in front of this painting, the viewer can just about smell the incense whose smoke is interpreted as a symbol of the prayer of the faithful rising to heaven.

Container with a flat barrel-shaped lid, made of porcelain with a white background and decorated with a polychrome figurative composition based on plant motifs and scrolls on the lid...

That these incense pots are meant as further offerings is confirmed by the presence of the bread-loaf hieroglyph, used for the letter t, below each incense pot, serving as feminine p...

Oliban is an abbreviation of Gum Olibanum, otherwise known as frankincense, which is a scented resin used in perfumes and incense. R. Mey is an abbreviation of Rubiaceae Meyna, which...

These perforations may well have contained offerings or incense, dedicated by monks and visitors to the temple.

Three Kings offer gold, incense and myrrh to Jesus, with his mother the Virgin Mary, and Mary's husband Joseph depicted on the left.

The micromosaic decoration takes the form of songbirds, while the pietre dure panels resemble Roman incense burners-all of which display an amazing level of precision.

Items for use at the tea ceremony are also being made along with incense burner, sake flasks and vases. All are of the highest quality.

Pair of early 19th century French Empire gilt and patinated bronze incence burners or candlesticks so-called "Cassolettes" in the Manner of Claude Galle (1759-1815): Excellent pa...

Koro, a squat broad-mouthed covered jar usually made from bronze, pottery or jade which is used as an incense burner. The lids of the Koro often contain pierced sections which releas...

This kobako was possibly used as a kogo to store incense. It features an inner tray and silver metal rim.

Scholar Zhang inquired from a monk that Yingying would go to the garden to burn incense every night, so he hid behind the rockery in the garden and waited.

The man on the right is shown in a formalized stance offering a gift of incense, he raises one hand in worship while the other lifts the burning cup, a plume of smoke rising lazily f...