Antique Incense

The removable patinated Bronze lids showcases star shaped openings for the incense to emit into the room. The top crown of each urn contains a flaming torch representing the flame wi...

At the center is an elongated urn for incense or potpourri. In the front are two feather holders.

Unusual decorative elements elevate the basin and suggest its original use as an outdoor incense burner for ancestor worship. We love the gentle curve of the basin's top edge and the...

This elegant table would have originally been used in a traditional Chinese home as an incense stand, for serving wine, or for displaying potted landscapes or other collectibles.

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...

At the heart of the composition, an exuberant garden of symbolism blooms: peony sprays and flowering prunus branches twist around scholarly scrolls, hanging lanterns, fretwork vases,...

There are clear burn marks on its frontal side from having occupied a shrine, likely from candles or incense which would have been placed in close proximity.   

A table of this grand scale would have been placed against the back wall of a large hall or temple where it would have served as a platform for incense burners, candles, and offering...

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...

Each door panel displays birds and objects including a scene of incense burners, censers, pots, ornate boxes and flowers.

Believed to have evolved from the traditional accessories of Japanese incense ceremony, tabako-bons first came into use in the 17th century and were often beautifully decorated to di...

A wonderful example of functional art or an interesting objet d'art, whether used once again to burn oil for primitive lighting, as a votive candle holder, chamber candlestick stand,...

Wisps of stylized smoke in tones of sky and chambray blue emanate from the top of the pagoda incense holder, offering an abstract counterpoint to the figurative orientalist motifs.

The table has aprons carved with interlocking rings, symbols of eternity, and beaded “incense stick” legs, which imparts a rhythmic lightness to the stone's dense texture.

The darken patina is created through years of burning of incense with the original polychrome painting still shining through.

The beauty of the patina is rich with its past use. One can still see incense burns and the original oxblood lacquer.

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.

Galbanum, historically prized for its medicinal resin, was used in ancient remedies and incense. The Hungarian Gentian, native to Central European meadows, is increasingly rare due t...

This nice tea bowl/cup (might also be incense burner) from the early 17th century. With a Wucai/Verte scene of a wise man in a garden.

A fine Japanese small lacquer box for precious incense, kogo, Edo period, mid 19th century, Japan.

This Japanese censer incense burner, inspired by Chinese pieces, is of spheroidal form, the bronze body with polychrome champlevé enamel work flanked by dragon-head handles and ring ...

Offerings are being made, including incense, food, and possibly ritual bloodletting, while a woman feeds a child in the foreground.

The central base has a recognized and documented Kangxi symbol of a four legged ding (incense burner), hand-painted within a double blue circle.

Excellent 19th century French Louis XVI decorative Imari Porcelain gilt bronze mount bowl A 19th century Chinese blue and red Imari ware bowl mounted on a round Louis XVI style open...

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.

This mid-19th century console table was likely used as an offering table bearing incense. Appealing to the rarified taste of China’s literati, this Qing-dynasty table depicts auspici...

This long, elegant altar table once provided a place to burn incense or display valuable art objects. It may have been used in the reception hall of a private mansion or in an ancest...

Double dragon medallions grace the corners, while elephants, symbols of wisdom and strength, carry incense on their backs in deference to Buddhist or ancestor rituals.

On the left side of the clock plinth is a three legged stand supporting a round incense burner. The rectangular base of the clock is highly decorated in gilded bronze mounts across t...

The back panel is also richly decorated, featuring stylized blossoms, scholar's rocks, incense burners, and archaic vessels in mother-of-pearl, framed with a mountainous crest rail.

Known as Soban (small plate), this type of light weight table was used primarily as individual dining table to present and serve foods, but also as small desk, incense burner holder ...

Revival-period craftsmen adapted those elements for grand floor candlesticks, incense burners, mosque-lamp forms and decorative lighting intended for important private interiors and ...

A very special Japanese Rinpa style small lacquer box for incense accessories, kobako, by Santo Kyosui (1816 to 1867), late Edo period (1603 to 1868), mid 19th century, Kyoto, Japan.

The surface of the painting appears to have been in a place where it was lightly darkened from candle or incense smoke. The paint layer is flat and original with no restorations.

In Mediterranean herbal traditions, a resin called labdanum is extracted from certain cistus varieties (such as Cistus ladanifer), which was used by ancient Egyptians in perfumes and...

Both dogs have a small hole on the top of the head for incense to be placed. Each piece weighs about 700gm unpacked Overall a lovely pair of antique Chinese Foo Dogs or Lion Dogs ...

These “makers of nothing and sellers of everything” as described by Diderot also invented new models for porcelain by giving them pierced mounts and turning them into incense burners...

Italian neoclassical gilt brass pendant fixture of Louis XVI urn oil lamp form / incense burner with foliate rim and acanthus arms suspended from gilt chains terminating in an acorn ...

Placed to the side of the altar, the chest may have held ancestral tablets and incense and provided an additional surface for offerings, censers and figures.

A variety of elaborate handicrafts were created by hollowing out stones for everyday tools such as pots, kettles, braziers, and incense burners. Stone vessels, which conduct heat slo...

From what we can see of the interior space, it is richly furnished -  an open cloth bag lies on the window sill next to an ornate ball incense burner. The incense burner has been fil...

The form is both classic and functional, designed to serve as a censer for incense burning. What sets this censer apart is its extraordinary glaze work.

The compositions skilfully incorporate neoclassical elements, such as Klismos chairs and incense burners.

At the base is a shallow drawer with a floral knob, perhaps used for stowing incense accessories and other smalls. Darkened by a warm finish, the shelf boasts a beautifully worn text...

A fine antique Japanese Satsuma pottery incense burner. With a cream ground and an extensively gilt exterior.

It was widely used primarily as individual dining table to present and serve foods, but also as small desk, incense burner holder and altar table. Its lightweight and low profile fit...

Artistry in bronze-work reached new heights in the Meiji period, as a number of metalworking schools developed, creating intricate pieces including vases, sculptures, teapots and inc...

Believed to have evolved from the traditional accessories of Japanese incense ceremony, tabako-bons first came into use in the 17th century and were often beautifully decorated to di...

Pair of french Art Déco hand-painted and glazed ceramic Pierrot sculptures/perfume lamps designed by Aladin for ROBJ By: ROBJ, Aladin Material: ceramic, paint Technique: pressed, mo...

The head of the smaller lion detaches to access the hollow body for burning incense. The smoke would rise through the mouth of the smaller lion.

This small and elegant vase was made for use in a scholar's studio, possibly as a small flower vase, or for incense tools. For a similar example, of the same size, and with the s...

The gesso has been darkened by years of incense smoke and is cracked and chipped in places which only adds to its overall presence.

Offerings such as food, incense, and paper money are placed on the altar to provide for the spiritual needs of ancestors and gods, ensuring their blessings and protection in return.

“‘Veneto-Saracenic’ Metalwork: An Analysis of the Bowls and Incense Burners in the British Museum.” In Trade and Discovery: The Scientific Study of Artefacts from Post-Medieval Europ...

This pair of antique French, silver plated candelabra in the Regence style are topped with incense burners, atop which sit flamed finials. The central column is fluted and hung with ...

The top of the urn unscrews so that a small amount of potpurri or incense can be added if desired. The top/lid of the urn is decorated with anthemions between openings to allow any s...

Believed to have evolved from the traditional accessories of Japanese incense ceremony, tabako-bons first came into use in the 17th century and were often beautifully decorated to di...

Believed to have evolved from the traditional accessories of Japanese incense ceremony, tabako-bons first came into use in the 17th century and were often beautifully decorated to di...

Tri-pod ceramic bowl likely used as an incense burner (koro) by Japanese Imperial potter Makuzu Kozan (1842-1916) circa late Meiji period.

It was widely used primarily as individual dining table to present and serve foods, but also as small desk, incense burner holder and altar table. Its small and low profile fits the ...