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Pair of Early 19th Century French Incense Burners Louis XVI Style
Located in Charleston, SC
Extremely elegant design and high quality for this pair of Louis XVI style white marble and or moulu mounted "Brule-parfums" made at French Restauration time. They were used to scent...
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Early 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Incense

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Marble, Bronze

17th-18th Century Chinese Sancai-Glazed Buddhist Lion-Shaped Incense Holder
Located in Paris, FR
The Buddhist lion seated on a round-shaped drum, with right paw raised, glazed in yellow, green and brownish-purple.
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Late 17th Century Chinese Qing Antique Incense

Maison Desny French Art Deco Nickelled-Metal and Frosted Glass Incense Burner
By La Maison Desny
Located in New York, NY
Nickelled-metal, frosted glass on Macassar ebony base (Brule Parfum) incense burner by Maison Desny
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Antique Incense

Materials

Metal

Japan Meiji Period Bronze Pair of Birds Sitting on a Branch, Incense Burner
Located in Hamburg, DE
unusual Pair of incense Burner Meiji Japan, 1868-1911 The birds are in three pieces (see
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Early 20th Century Japanese Antique Incense

Materials

Bronze

Maison Desny French Art Deco Nickelled Metal Frosted Glass Wood Incense Burner
By La Maison Desny
Located in New York, NY
Nickelled metal cylinder with vertical openings over frosted glass cylinder with stepped top on stepped wood base. Stamped: DESNY PARIS/ MADE IN FRANCE/ DEPOSE M. Desnet and Clem...
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Antique Incense

Materials

Metal

18th Century Cast iron incense burner from Qian Long Dynasty (1736 - 1795 )
Located in Westport, CT
Casted during the fourth month of the twelve year reign of Emperor Qian Long, From an important temple in . Authenticity fully guaranteed.
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18th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Incense

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Iron, Bronze

A Chinese Octogonal Porcelain Plate, Qing Dysnaty
Located in Lisboa, Lisboa
ritual incense burner on a table, accompanied by flowering branches and stylized fruits, a motif often
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Baroque Antique Incense

Materials

Porcelain

European Chinoiserie Cold-Painted Bronze Censer
Located in Cookeville, TN
cold-painted with geometric designs. The sphere is where the incense are placed, having small holes
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Early 20th Century European Arts and Crafts Antique Incense

Materials

Bronze

Kogo in the Shape of a Deer
Located in Milano, IT
and art to symbolize autumn. This unusual kogo, a small incense container used during the tea ceremony
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19th Century Japanese Antique Incense

Materials

Wood

Japanese Silver and Mixed Metal Koro, Artist Signed
Located in Christchurch, GB
Period 1868-1912, pure silver and mixed metal koro or incense burner, the heavy silver body stands upon a
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19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Incense

Materials

Metal, Silver

Blue and white chinoiserie jar Delft, 1700-1720 height 28 cm / 11.02 in
By Delft
Located in ROSSUM, GE
flower-filled incense burner on three legs, the third of a flower pot on a low Chinese table. Surrounding
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Early 18th Century Dutch Baroque Antique Incense

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Ceramic, Faience

Chinese Antique Carved and Painted Frog
Located in Sheffield, MA
Charming Chinese carved wood frog with bulging eyes, a round recess on its back perhaps for incense
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1890s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Incense

Materials

Wood

Tiffany New York and Edouard Lievre Japonisme Clock, 19th Century
By Edouard Lievre
Located in New York, NY
-dog opens to be used as an incense burner.
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19th Century French Japonisme Antique Incense

Chinese Export Blue and White Oval Tray
Located in Sheffield, MA
, dragons flying, an immortal riding a tiger and incense emanating from an urn. The border is a hawthorn
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Early 1900s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Incense

Materials

Porcelain

Art Deco Bronze By Alexandre Kéléty
By Alexandre Kéléty
Located in Lee-On-The-Solent, GB
electric lights, ashtrays and incense burners. Reference: ‘Statuettes of the Art Deco Period by Alberto
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1920s French Art Deco Antique Incense

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Marble, Bronze

19th Century Sanctuary Lamp
Located in Encinitas, CA
Beautiful brass 19th century European ecclesiastical incense burner. Gorgeous handmade chain. Aged
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19th Century European Antique Incense

Materials

Brass

Pair of 18th century Delft Lamps
Located in Kensington, MD
Delft ceramic incensors now wired as double socket lamps (20'h to top of vase) View our
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18th Century and Earlier Rococo Antique Incense

Materials

Ceramic

Pair of Cassolettes Louis XVI Ormolu, 18th Century, France
Located in Rapperswil-Jona, CH
Pair of incense burners. The pot-pourri is forming candlesticks, Louis XVI of the late eighteenth
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Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Incense

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Bronze

Japanese Gold Lacquered Duck Kogo
Located in Wilton, CT
as KOGO Used for Incense Storage
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19th Century Japanese Antique Incense

Pair of Signed Imari Vases, 19th Century
Located in San Antonio, TX
incense burner symbolizing veneration of the Buddha and great immortals or ancestors. The vases are in
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1870s Japanese Meiji Antique Incense

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Stoneware Censer with Two Pairs of Masks and Enamels of Peonies
Located in New York, NY
Fine antique Chinese stoneware censer for burning incense, decorated in bright overglaze enamels
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19th Century Chinese Antique Incense

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Stoneware

18th Century Bronze Lion Dog Censer
Located in Berwickshire, GB
been used for burning incense. This is a highly unusual and rare object. Slight wear to surface but
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1750s Chinese Antique Incense

Materials

Bronze

19th Century Japanese Lacquered Shelf
Located in Paris, FR
an incense burner and ikebana. Edo period
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19th Century Japanese Antique Incense

Materials

Lacquer

17th Century Oil on Canvas, Still Life with Grapes, Pomegranates and Peaches
By Reynaud Levieux
Located in London, GB
17th century oil on canvas with platter of fruit and an incense burner on a table covered in richly
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Mid-17th Century French Louis XIV Antique Incense

Ecclesiastical Chandelier
Located in Encinitas, CA
This beautiful 19th c European Ecclesiastical Incense Burner has been transformed into a stunning
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19th Century Unknown Antique Incense

Materials

Brass

Alexandre Kéléty Art Deco Bronze Scarf Dancer 1925 French
By Alexandre Kéléty
Located in Oakland, CA
everyday objects he designed, such as electric lights, ashtrays, and incense burners. 11.5″ T x 9″ W x
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1920s Art Deco Antique Incense

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Bronze

18th Century Bronze Foo Dog Censer
Located in Charleston, SC
Mid-Qing dynasty rare and very meticulously cast in bronze incense burner depicting a Chines
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Early 18th Century Chinese Other Antique Incense

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Bronze

Lacquer Kodansu, Cabinet, Lacquerware, Late 19th Century, Mount Fuji, Japan
Located in London, GB
of the door are worked in nashiji. Small cabinets like this were originally used for the incense
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Late 19th Century Antique Incense

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Gold Leaf

Mid-Late 19th Century, Japanese Cloisonné Bronze Censor
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
incense that would have been burnt inside the cavity. The tail and wings are the most decorated with blue
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1880s Japanese Antique Incense

French Pair of Neoclassical Gilt Bronze Urns
Located in New York, NY
plinth is mounted with laurel wreaths and beribboned incense burners. A similar clock urn is
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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Incense

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Ormolu

19th Century Japanese Lacquered Smoking Box /Tansu for Opium
Located in Antwerp, BE
place to hold a tea lite candle or incense.       
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19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Incense

Materials

Wood

Thyme in 18th Century Garden Landscape by Matthaeus Merian
By Matthaeus Merian
Located in New York, NY
temple incense and a bathwater fragrance. The Romans used it to flavor cheese and alcoholic beverages
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1710s Northern Renaissance Antique Incense

Materials

Engraving

Antique Sterling Silver and Enamel Nude Case
Located in New York, NY
, with a serpent and a pot of incense. Made in Switzerland, c. 1910. The back was never monogrammed
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1910s Swiss Antique Incense

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Sterling Silver

Carved Chinese Screen
Located in Seattle, WA
Carved Chinese Screen with Dragon & Incense Burner " Carvings like this were once used as
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19th Century Chinese Folk Art Antique Incense

Provincial Chinese Offering Table with Two Drawers
Located in Antwerp, BE
generations living in a small home. Among other things, incense, candles and fruits would have been placed on
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Late 19th Century Antique Incense

Vintage Art Deco Chinese Antique Oriental Rug
Located in Sarasota, FL
small incense burner in blue and pink in one corner. The rug is full pile. The ends and sides are
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1920s Chinese Art Deco Antique Incense

An 18th Century Qing Dynasty Lacquered Panel
Located in San Francisco, CA
incense burners. At one time this panel was likely installed in the Imperial Chinese Court.
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18th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Incense

Chinese Porcelain Tea Bowl and Stand, Yongzheng, 18th Century
Located in London, GB
, gilt, blue and green enamels with two circular medallions enclosing an incense burner and vase, the
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18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Incense

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Ceramic

De Reuck.
By Jacob Gole
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
A female figure standing beside a table on which a censer is burning incense beside a bouquet of
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17th Century Antique Incense

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Mezzotint

19th Century Silk Velvet Panel with Religious Figures
Located in Chicago, IL
vessel used to burn incense suspended by chains allowing it to be swung, the smoke arises as the prayers
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18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Incense

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Fabric

Antique Shanxi Phoenix Altar Table
Located in Merrimack, NH
food, flowers, and incenses were placed on table for the ancestors to protect the residents.
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1850s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Incense

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Elm

Chinese Qing Dynasty 18th Century Shanxi Red Lacquer Side Cabinets Qianlong
Located in Seeshaupt, DE
finely drawn vases, incense burners and flower motifs adorn the doors, whilst sides and back are kept
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18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Incense

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Wood

Pair of Chinese Beijing Yellow Glass Dragon Bottles
Located in s-Hertogenbosch, NL
glass workshops made objects such as vases, cups, bowls, snuff bottles, plant pots, incense burners and
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Incense

Pair of Yellow Chinese Beijing Glass Vases and Covers
Located in s-Hertogenbosch, NL
glass workshops made objects such as vases, cups, bowls, snuff bottles, plant pots, incense burners and
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Incense

Yellow Chinese Beijing Glass Bowl
Located in s-Hertogenbosch, NL
glass workshops made objects such as vases, cups, bowls, snuff bottles, plant pots, incense burners and
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Incense

Hokkien Chinese Taoist Painting of Seven Haloed "Northern Dipper" Deities
By Cheng Zhong
Located in Bangkok, TH
keeping the incense burning in the temple and bringing prosperity.  The Northern Dipper is part of the
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Early 20th Century Chinese Antique Incense

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Paper

Purple Glass Tripod Vessel
Located in Winter Park, FL
type of vessel is normally categorized as an incense burner. The form is known from the Tang Dynasty
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19th Century Chinese Antique Incense

Zecharias Preaching in the Temple - 1564 Old Master Engraving Religious
By Philips Galle
Located in Albany, OR
Zecharias where he is offering incense in the Temple. COA on premium "gold leaf" paper with gold seal and
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16th Century Northern Renaissance Antique Incense

Materials

Laid Paper, Engraving

Sophisticated Antique, Qing Dynasty Walnut Altar Table with Dream Stone Top
Located in Seeshaupt, DE
***SUMMER SALE*** This highly unusual waisted corner-leg altar or incense table with green dream
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1820s Chinese Qing Antique Incense

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Stone

Fifteenth Century Reliquary Pendant with Christ on the Cross
Located in Chicago, IL
1480 and 1500, even on the print of an incense holder designed by Schongauer; see Fritz 1982, cat. no
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15th Century and Earlier German Antique Incense

Materials

Silver, Gilt Metal

Lidded Gold Lacquer Box with Depiction of Murasaki Shikibu by Imaizumi Seishi
Located in Berlin, Berlin
This luxurious maki-e incense box was made by the great pre-war Taishō/Shōwa-period lacquer master
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1910s Japanese Taisho Antique Incense

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Gold

The Acropolis, Lower End of the Valley (of Petra)
By David Roberts
Located in New York, NY
kingdom rose up from these cliffs and peaks, and whose incredible wealth grew from the lucrative incense
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1840s Romantic Antique Incense

Materials

Lithograph

Jacob Petit Hand Painted Urn Vases with Gilding Detailing and Jewelling
Located in London, GB
a large number of decorative porcelain objects: crockery, vases, teapots, perfume bottles, incense
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Early 19th Century French Antique Incense

Materials

Porcelain

Sabean Funerary Stone Plaque
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
smell the fragrant scents of these incenses. In addition, a trade route that connected India to Egypt
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15th Century and Earlier Yemeni Antique Incense

Materials

Limestone

The Ravine (Petra 1834)
By David Roberts
Located in New York, NY
grew from the lucrative incense trade. Raqmu, or Petra (as the Greeks knew it), grew into the Nabateans
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1840s Realist Antique Incense

Materials

Lithograph

Skating
By John Drew
Located in Minneapolis, MN
incense burners and lamps and on the covers of many of the 1920s stylish art deco magazines such as Vogue
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1920s Art Deco Antique Incense

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Oil

Imperial Ningxia Chinese Antique Oriental Rug
Located in Sarasota, FL
the reign of Emperor Qianlong. Emperor Qianlong burnt incense at Huangsi Temple for him. To
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Late 18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Incense

Materials

Wool

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Antique Incense For Sale on 1stDibs

With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the antique incense you’re looking for. Frequently made of metal, bronze and ceramic, every antique incense was constructed with great care. Your living room may not be complete without an antique incense — find older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. When you’re browsing for the right antique incense, those designed in Arts and Crafts, Art Deco and Victorian styles are of considerable interest. A well-made antique incense has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Satsuma, Eugene Hazart and La Maison Desny are consistently popular.

How Much is a Antique Incense?

Prices for an antique incense can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $125 and can go as high as $115,694, while the average can fetch as much as $2,500.
Questions About Antique Incense
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    All incense burners work roughly the same, whether antique or contemporary. Usually the incense is placed inside the burner and lit, then a lid may be lowered, if there is one. The smoke will then filter out through holes in the lid. Shop a range of antique and modern incense burners on 1stDibs.