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Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Butterfly Design Kogo Box
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Japanese covered enamel over copper kogo or box for incense. The cover of the box is enameled
Category

19th Century Japanese Antique Incense

Materials

Enamel, Copper

Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Butterfly Design Kogo Box
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Japanese covered enamel over copper kogo or box for incense. The cover of the box is enameled
Category

19th Century Japanese Antique Incense

Materials

Copper, Enamel

Pair of Chinese Cloisonne Enamel Cranes
Located in Bradenton, FL
crane as a censer to burn incense. This elegant pair will add a regal presence to your home interior.
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Incense

Materials

Enamel

Extraordinary Chinese Peking Rug
Located in Chicago, IL
, phoenix, and plumes of incense smoke around a central moon shaped medallion with a garden pavilion in the
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1890s Chinese Art Deco Antique Incense

Materials

Wool

Early 19th Century Empire Toleware Decorative Urn
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
have been used for incense or pot pourri. Original black paint with very strong grecian influences with
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Mid-19th Century Swedish Empire Antique Incense

Materials

Iron

Early 19th Century empire toleware decorative urn
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
been used for incense or pot pourri. Original black paint with very strong grecian influences with the
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Mid-19th Century Swedish Empire Antique Incense

Materials

Metal

Adoration of the Magi, School of Frans I Francken
Located in PARIS, FR
, myrrh and incense. In the West, the number of wise men, after many variations, was established at three
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16th Century Dutch Renaissance Antique Incense

Materials

Canvas

The Adoration of the Magi", school of Frans I FRANCKEN (1542-1616)
Located in PARIS, FR
, myrrh and incense. In the West, the number of wise men, after many variations, was established at three
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17th Century Dutch Louis XIII Antique Incense

Materials

Canvas

Small Japanese Cloisonné Censer, Koro, Meiji Period, Late 19th Century, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
A small and delightful Japanese cloisonné and goldstone tripod incense burner and cover, Meiji
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Incense

Materials

Copper, Enamel

Antique Chinese Wooden Console Table
Located in High Point, NC
altar table used for incense, offerings, or family memorabilia. It displays a rectangular top reinforced
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Early 1900s Chinese Rustic Antique Incense

Materials

Wood

Pair of Qing Dynasty Patinated Bronze Censors/Perfume Burners
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A pair of 19 Century Qing Dynasty Chinese patinated bronze dragon pagoda temple censor / incense
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Late 19th Century Japanese Qing Antique Incense

Materials

Bronze

Low Chinese Square Table with Ridged Sides, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
top and an apron composed of pillar-shaped struts. Ridged carvings known as "incense stick" run along
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Antique Incense

Materials

Elm

Antique Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Koro with TAKARA-MONO SYMBOLS Precious Things
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese copper tripod incense burner of Koro type with cloisonne enamel design. Late
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Incense

Materials

Enamel, Copper

Chinese Temple Censer
Located in Somis, CA
This exquisite Ming Xuan De style incense burner is the exact model of a traditional temple censer
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Early 20th Century Chinese Ming Antique Incense

Materials

Bronze

Antique Japanese Porcelain Brushpot Holder Japan Landscape, Late Edo 18th/19th C
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
& Pottery Type: Incense Burners Region of Origin: Japan Period: Edo Period (1603–1867) Original/Reproduction
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18th Century Japanese Antique Incense

Materials

Porcelain

Japanese Kogo or incens box in the form of a duck in takamakie-e lacquer
Located in PARIS, FR
Gold lacquer kogo incense box in the shape of a mandarin duck. Its feathers are delicately rendered
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Late 19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Incense

Materials

Gold

Chinese Famille Rose Budai Figure Censer, 19th Century
Located in Astoria, NY
base to be used as an incense burner, 19th century. Measures: 6.5" H x 5.75" W x 3.75" D. Provenance
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19th Century Chinese Export Antique Incense

Materials

Porcelain

Early 20th Century Sloping-Stile Wood-Hinged Cabinet
Located in Singapore, SG
"incense stick" beading in the middle. The slim horizontal panel below the doors marks the position of a
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Ming Antique Incense

Materials

Elm, Fir

Empire Ormolu Mantel Clock Inscribed Auguste Boussard
Located in Berlin, DE
burning incense. Clock with silk suspension and strikes at half-hour and hour.
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19th Century French Empire Antique Incense

Materials

Enamel, Bronze

Adoration of Shepherds Oil on Canvas Center of Italy 17th Century
Located in Milan, IT
Joseph , on the left two shepherds and on top an array of angels incensing, The painting, already
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17th Century Other Art Style Antique Incense

Materials

Oil

Chinese Six Dragon Flanked Top Altar Table
Located in Chicago, IL
offerings, ancestor portraits, and incense, this table would have played a spirited role in home-based
Category

Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Incense

Materials

Elm

Petite French Restoration Brule-Parfums / Cassolettes
Located in Dallas, TX
gilt bronze brule-parfums / cassolettes / censer (incense burner), triangular tripod base with gilt
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19th Century French Empire Antique Incense

Materials

Bronze

Petite Chinese Scholars Stand with Marble Top, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
incense, the stand's refined design reflects the Qing-dynasty literati's taste for fine materials and
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Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Incense

Materials

Marble

Pair of Early 19th Century Wedgwood Rosso Antico and Black Basalt
By Wedgwood
Located in Katonah, NY
A pair of early 19th century Wedgwood Rosso Antico stoneware incense burners each supported by
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1820s English Neoclassical Antique Incense

Materials

Stoneware

Chinese Antique Altar Table, Small Altar with Open Feature
Located in Somis, CA
storage of scripts and incense. A single board of red elm wood is used as table top. Carved wave pattern
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19th Century Chinese Antique Incense

Materials

Wood

Chinese Art Deco Rug
Located in Chicago, IL
auspicious flowering chrysanthemums, peonies, and lotus, as well as billowing incense smoke and other
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1920s Chinese Art Deco Antique Incense

Materials

Wool

Chinese Round Display Stand
Located in Chicago, IL
Rounded stands like this were frequently used in traditional Chinese culture as incense stands and
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Antique Incense

Materials

Elm

Pair of early 20th C. Cloisonne Ducks
Located in Chicago, IL
designed as incense burners. Perhaps they were a wedding gift — ducks symbolize felicity and conjugal
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Antique Incense

Materials

Metal

19th Century Chinese Shallow Sword Foot Altar Table with Ruyi Medallion
Located in Chicago, IL
once used to hold incense, offerings and portraits honoring ancestors. Skillfully constructed without
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Incense

Materials

Elm

French Empire Opaline and Bronze Night Light
Located in London, by appointment only
An Empire bronze and gilt opaline night light. A rare and unusual Empire night light or incense
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1810s French Empire Antique Incense

Materials

Bronze

Pair of 19th Century Spanish Carved Giltwood Wings
Located in Southampton, NY
, perhaps from closer exposure to smoke or incense. One wing is attached to base. The other wing can be
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19th Century Spanish Antique Incense

Materials

Giltwood

Chinese Shrine Display Stand
Located in Chicago, IL
scroll painting. In front and below, a table for burning incense. The piece is made from elm wood covered
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19th Century Chinese Antique Incense

Materials

Elm, Lacquer

Chinese "Zhen" Altar Spirit
Located in Chicago, IL
for a family altar. At the time, people offered fruits, incense and carved spirit figures to respect
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Incense

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

19th Century Embossed Brass Gothic Church Chandelier
Located in Dallas, TX
around the outside, with a place to put incense on the inside to help keep a pleasant scent during
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Early 1900s French Gothic Antique Incense

Materials

Brass

1920s Asian Metal Decoration
Located in High Point, NC
decoration may have originally been used to burn incense.
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1920s Southeast Asian Folk Art Antique Incense

Materials

Bronze

Chinese Altar with Humpback Stretchers
Located in Chicago, IL
, smoking incense, and lush offerings of flowers and food as part of traditional rituals honoring ancestors.  
Category

Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Incense

Materials

Elm

Antique Japanese Meiji Cloisonne Enamel Kogo Box
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese copper Kogo box for incense. Early Meiji period, ca. 1870s. Round shape
Category

Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Incense

Materials

Copper, Enamel

Pair of Plaster Bas-Reliefs, "The Offerings", 19th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
her hand a small jar and the other one holding a cup which releases, probably, burning incense. They
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Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Incense

Materials

Bronze

French 19th Century Floral Milk Glass Six-Light Chandelier
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
was originally made for a Church Altar. Suspended from three stylized chains is an incense burning cup
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19th Century French Antique Incense

Materials

Brass

Chinese Folk Art Carved Deity Statue
Located in New York, NY
years of exposure to incense burning. Good condition as an artifact exhibiting its age, history and
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1790s Chinese Antique Incense

Materials

Poplar, Polymer

Satsuma porcelain covered perfume burner
Located in Paris, FR
incense burner is a fine example of the Japonism that conquered Europe between 1860 and the early 20th
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1890s Japanese Antique Incense

Materials

Porcelain

Antique Chinese Bronze Censer Signed 19thC
Located in Big Flats, NY
temples and homes for burning incense, playing a significant role in Chinese cultural and religious
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19th Century Antique Incense

Materials

Bronze

Pair of Chinese Square Display Stands, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
for floral arrangements or burning incense. The square stands are crafted of northern elm (yumu) with
Category

Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Incense

Materials

Elm

#8 Antique Chinese Porcelain 18th C Kangxi/Yongzheng Period Blue White Set Di
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
garden scene with flowers, rocks and a table rock with an incense burner, books and a vase. The border
Category

18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Incense

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Altar Table
Located in Chicago, IL
This long, elegant altar table once provided a place to burn incense or display valuable art
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18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Incense

Materials

Elm

Chinese Walnut Table Altar, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
three narrow drawers once used for storing incense and other accessories. With its simple form and aged
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Antique Incense

Materials

Walnut

Chinese Guangxu Period Porcelain Vase with "Meeting of 18 Scholars" Motif
Located in Astoria, NY
chess, burning incense, playing the Chin, admiring the barkground screen of poetry, rolling waves and
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19th Century Chinese Antique Incense

Materials

Porcelain

Antique Chinese Red Black Lacquer Cupboard Wedding Cabinet Linen Press Armoire
Located in Dayton, OH
exterior featuring a scene of incense burners, censers, pots, ornate boxes and flowers along the doors
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Late 19th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Antique Incense

Materials

Brass

19th Century Chinese Cast Iron Brazier
Located in Chicago, IL
blackened with char conjures up the glow of burning incense. We find its bewitching appearance perfect as
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Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Incense

Materials

Iron

Chinese Five-Drawer Offering Table, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
worship, providing space to hold incense, honorific objects and offerings of food. Additional
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Incense

Materials

Wood

Early 20th Century Chinese Scrolled Altar Console Table
Located in Chicago, IL
once used as a family’s altar, upon which they placed incense, fruit, and other offerings to pay
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Antique Incense

Materials

Elm

Chinese Pomegranate Offering Fruit
Located in Chicago, IL
Alongside spiritual icons and incense burners, altars used for ancestor worship were ritually laden
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Early 20th Century Chinese Antique Incense

Materials

Ceramic

Fine Chinese Tea Table, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
, burning incense, or displaying flowers and sculpture. Constructed with mortise-and-tenon joinery, the
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Antique Incense

Materials

Elm

19th Century Chinese Ming Form Book Table
Located in Chicago, IL
courtyard home--the display of antiques, flowers, incense or books. It is designed with nearly perfect
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Incense

Materials

Elm

Pair of Star Offering Fruits
Located in Chicago, IL
offerings. Traditionally, real fruits, depictions of fruit, Buddhist figures and incense would have been
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Antique Incense

Materials

Ceramic

Chinese Pomegranate Offering Fruit
Located in Chicago, IL
Alongside spiritual icons and incense burners, altars used for ancestor worship were ritually laden
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Antique Incense

Materials

Ceramic

Chinese Ancestral Offering Table, c. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
originally used to display an ancestral shrine in a provincial household. Incense, candles, and fruits would
Category

Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Incense

Materials

Elm

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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.