Antique Incense

One of the four Classic Chinese beauties, DiaoChan, was famously associated with making wishes in front of incense under a full moon. The lovely piece is presented in a museum qualit...

Depicted here sitting on a rock with a book in his left hand and snapping his fingers in his right hand, symbolic of the speed at which he obtained enlightenment, accompanied by a be...

Pairs of ritual vessels—incense burners and censers—stand as symbols of veneration and harmony, their shapes echoing temple rites and ancestral reverence.

The entire surface was painstakingly decorated with seven shaped vignettes, including an incense burner, a teapot, a fan, a covered jar, a long neck vase, a cup and a round dish. sna...

In 1885 he recorded in his journal his admiration for the colors, candle light and incense of the ceremonies at the local church. He frequented the Louvre, and admired especially the...

A remarkable straits Chinese (also known as Peranakan or Nyonya) carved hardwood and bamboo inlaid and embellished table-form stand, originally for display or incense, 19th-20th cent...

Caspar, the second magi bears a cup of incense. He is looking at the third magi and with his right hand he points to the star that has guided them there.

The alms-holder plate examined, in brass, has three figures including a holy bishop and two attendants holding a chalice and the censer for incense. This dish fits into the tradition...

Originally, a piece like this would have been used in a scholar’s studio or garden pavilion, where it might hold precious objects, scrolls, or incense burners—supporting the contempl...

Chaplin’s tightly-paced two-reeler was originally released in late 1915, but when he left Essay for a more lucrative deal with Mutual, Essanay reworked the film into a longer four-re...

Harpignies continued to exhibit at the Paris Salon frequently but in 1863 his painting, Canards Sauvage, was refused by the admission jury and Harpignies was so incensed that he dest...

Kéléty also creates everyday objects in the art deco style, such as electric lamps, ashtrays and incense burners. In 1939, Kéléty advertised for drawing classes given at 20 rue Erne...

Large deposits of ash (from incense) are present between the curls of the hair, as well as some the other crevices, indicating this image was the subject of worship for many years.

This textile was not a mere decorative object—it likely bore witness to auspicious rituals, festive processions, or intimate family ceremonies beneath candlelight and incense. Today...

A striking and sculptural pair of mid-19th century Chinese bronze foo dog incense burners, later converted into lamps in the early 20th century.

At this point, however, the Sabine women intervened: [They], from the outrage on whom the war originated, with hair dishevelled and garments rent, the timidity of their sex being ov...

The Khlebnikov’s family created nearly 50 religious articles according to their sketches and drawings: ostensories, chalices, Holy-water bowls, and jugs for Holy water, incense burne...

There, it would have been placed before an image of a deity, and ritual objects — an incense burner, candle stands, and offerings of fresh flowers — would have been placed on it.

Elegant tall Moorish polished brass incense burner made into a lamp base. Intricately carved chiseled polished brass onion- form with long neck on a circular base.

This beautiful antique white brass incense burner has a traditional round body, a high neck and dramatic handles.