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Japan Good Luck Elephant Censer
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Japanese culture. The elephant's back opens to hold incense, allowing fragrant smoke to gently waft through
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Early 20th Century Japanese Antique Incense

Materials

Bronze

A Museum Quality Japanese Hirado bottle vase. Signed . Edo period
Located in London, GB
scene, Incensed hirado mark to the base Size: 28cm high Condition: in good general condition. No
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19th Century Japanese Antique Incense

Materials

Porcelain

Antique Japanese Silver Koro with Phoenix and Shishi Finial, Meiji Period Style
Located in Wembley, GB
A magnificent antique Japanese silver koro (incense burner), exquisitely crafted using traditional
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1880s Japanese Japonisme Antique Incense

Materials

Gold Plate, Silver, Sterling Silver

Angel Appears to Zechariah Zechariah Struck Mute, Pieter Mortier, ca. 1700
Located in Langweer, NL
** (Luke I, 5–20). While serving as priest, Zechariah stands before the altar of incense when the angel
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Early 1700s Dutch Antique Incense

Materials

Paper

Artist Mikawachi Yaki Vase 1989 Vintage Japanese Hirado Vase with Bird Scene
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
restaurants. Items for use at the tea ceremony are also being made along with incense burner, sake flasks and
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19th Century Edo Antique Incense

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Bronze Luduan Censer with Cover, 19th century
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
The Chinese small bronze censer, or incense burner, was cast as the figure of a mythical Luduan, a
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19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Incense

Materials

Brass, Bronze

Chinese porcelain pastel Foo Dog
Located in DELFT, NL
Fô dogs in polychrome porcelain famille rose, forming an incense holder. China, 18th/19th century
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18th Century Chinese Antique Incense

Materials

Porcelain

Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Silver Wire Koro Censer Bird in Cherry B
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese copper tripod incense burner of Koro type with silver wire cloisonne enamel
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Incense

Materials

Enamel, Silver

Chinese Elephant Censers Gilt Metal Jade Stone A Pair
Located in Bradenton, FL
stone cups at end of trunk, tusks, and rings. Such Censers (incense holders) were prized as decorative
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19th Century Chinese Tibetan Antique Incense

Materials

Jade, Metal

Small nave. Silver. SANZ DE VELASCO, Juan Antonio. Valladolid, Spain, 18th cent
By Juan Antonio Sanz de Velasco
Located in Madrid, ES
this type of container for holding incense (in fact, the name naveta comes from the word "nave") since
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18th Century Spanish Baroque Antique Incense

Materials

Silver

Chinese Blue and White Double Happiness Temple Jars - A Pair
Located in Bradenton, FL
have been used to hold ceremonial items, incense, or other ritualistic items in temples or homes. Each
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19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Incense

Materials

Porcelain

Early 20th C To Scale Plaster Cast of The Ludovisi Throne Grand Tour E.P Warren
Located in Lowestoft, GB
naked girl (hetera-ierodula) playing the diaulos, right side depicts a vestal burning incense and the
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Early 20th Century European Antique Incense

Materials

Plaster

Antique Chinese Porcelain Kangxi Period Plate Dish Flowers Landscape
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
at base with an incense burner mark. Period: Kangxi Country of origin: China⁠ Condition 2 lines from
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18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Incense

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Porcelain

Japanese Covered Grape Plique a Jour Enamel Kogo - Box and Cover
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Japanese covered silvered and enamel kogo or box for incense. The box is enameled with polychrome
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Early 20th Century Japanese Antique Incense

Materials

Enamel

Antique Chinese Porcelain Kangxi Period Flowers Landscape Plate Dish, 1690-1710
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
at base with an incense burner mark. Additional information: Material: Porcelain & Pottery Region of
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17th Century Chinese Qing Antique Incense

Materials

Porcelain

Portrait of Gentleman, Sir Henry Hobart, Blue Cloak cravat, Wissing oil canvas
By Willem Wissing
Located in London, GB
appointed Vice-Admiral of Norfolk. In 1698, incensed by rumours that Hobart’s decisive defeat in the
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17th Century Old Masters Antique Incense

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil

Large Moroccan Blue White Ceramic Urn with Pierced Lid, Early 20th C.
Located in South Salem, NY
crafted as a large incense holder, the pierced lid was designed to allow fragrant smoke to gently diffuse
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Early 20th Century Moroccan Antique Incense

Materials

Ceramic

Chinese Red Lacquer Canopy Bed with Footrest, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
and relief panels of various ribbon-clad treasures, including scrolls & books, incense burners
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Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Incense

Materials

Elm, Reed

Provincial Chinese Two-Drawer Table, c. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
once used to display an ancestral shrine in a provincial Confucian household. Incense, candles, and
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Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Incense

Materials

Elm

Petite Chinese Red Lacquer Altar Table, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
incense, figures, and offerings. This miniature example was likely used as part of a larger shrine
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Incense

Materials

Elm

Dutch Baroque Portrait of Theologian Johannes Wachtelaar – Utrecht, c.1653
Located in Langweer, NL
incense pots, rosaries, books, angels’ heads, and Latin inscriptions. These symbolic elements evoke
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Mid-17th Century Dutch Antique Incense

Materials

Paper

Large Antique Italian Figurative Orientalist Oil Painting Pietro Gabrini
By Pietro Gabrini 1
Located in London, GB
delicately rendered incense burner, from which ethereal smoke curls into the air. The tiled floor is partly
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Early 20th Century Antique Incense

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Brass Perfume Burner, Persia 19th century
Located in PARIS, FR
Brass incense burner with openwork decoration of interlacing, scrolls and foliage. Four registers
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19th Century Antique Incense

Materials

Brass

Antique Chinese Alter Table Beautifully Hand-Carved circa 1900
Located in BENSENVILLE, IL
find areas of burn marks where they used their incense burners. Many years ago, an Englishman who dealt
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Early 1900s Chinese Antique Incense

Materials

Wood

Patinated Bronze Archaic Chinese Ritual Vessel with Handles
Located in Los Angeles, CA
, planter or decorative object. A nice planter, catch all or place to burn incense. The piece is heavily
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19th Century Asian Antique Incense

Materials

Bronze

Early 20th Century Art Deco Rug
Located in Chicago, IL
chrysanthemums, delicate teapots, and a beautifully detailed incense brazier, all woven with exquisite precision
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1920s Chinese Art Deco Antique Incense

Materials

Wool

Sterling Silver Holly Smoke Collection Set from 19th Century - 20th Century
By Puiforcat
Located in North Miami, FL
Colonial Sterling Silver incense boat with attached matching spoon. 5 H x 8W x 4.2D (inch) Early 19th
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19th Century Italian Antique Incense

Materials

Sterling Silver

Chinese Decorative Motifs Print – Lithograph of Floral Symbolic Patterns 1869
Located in Langweer, NL
green background densely populated with auspicious symbols. Among them are scrolls, incense burners
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Incense

Materials

Paper

Crescent of Smoke: A Majestic Ottoman Censer in Brass and Wood, Circa 1900
Located in Rio De Janeiro, BR
, rises like a minaret above the pierced body, allowing tendrils of incense smoke to spiral gently through
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Early 20th Century Asian Moorish Antique Incense

Materials

Brass

Antique Korean Stone Pot / Joseon Dynasty / Stone Folk Art Object
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
everyday tools, such as stone mills, stone incense burners, and stone ashtrays, has been passed down for
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Late 19th Century Japanese Other Antique Incense

Materials

Stone

Large Antique Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Censer Koro W Stand Attributed To GOTO
Located in Long Island City, NY
A large Japanese covered tripod enamel censer koro or incense burner. The sphere form ware is
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Incense

Materials

Enamel

An Italian Brass Hanukkah Lamp, 18th Century
Located in New York, NY
of rampant lions leaning on a goblet-shaped burning incense alter is reminiscent of the incense alter
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18th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Incense

Materials

Brass

Japanese Bronze sculpture of a standing Mouse holding an Hazelnut
Located in PARIS, FR
her front paws, it is perforated so the whole sculpture could be used as an incense burner. Even
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Incense

Materials

Bronze

Japanese bronze of a Snail in a Naturalist Pose
Located in PARIS, FR
long globular eyes. A hole in its mouth could be used to turn the whole sculpture into an incense
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Incense

Materials

Bronze

A Pair of Early Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Censors Attributed to Honda Yasaburo
Located in Long Island City, NY
incense burners, each of a globular form with a short flared neck, the exterior is decorated with stylized
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Incense

Materials

Enamel

18th Century Bronze Censer of a Boy Riding a Bull
Located in Hudson, NY
An incense burner in the shape of a boy playing a flute while riding a bull. The boy is the
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Late 18th Century Japanese Antique Incense

Materials

Bronze

Jerusalem and Temple Imaginary Map by Blome, Published London 1689
Located in Langweer, NL
Solomon and ritual items such as the Altar of Incense and the Ark of the Covenant. On the right, the High
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Late 17th Century English Antique Incense

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Paper

Antique Chinese Porcelain "Precious Object" Enamel Decorated Jar
Located in Atlanta, GA
incense burners, are beautifully rendered in intricate detail, symbolizing prosperity, knowledge, and
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19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Incense

Materials

Enamel

Antique Edo/Meiji Period 18/19C Japanese Hirado Teapot Sitting monkey
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
restaurants. Items for use at the tea ceremony are also being made along with incense burner, sake flasks and
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19th Century Edo Antique Incense

Materials

Porcelain

Antique Edo/Meiji Period 18/19C Japanese Hirado Cachepot with Boys playing
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
restaurants. Items for use at the tea ceremony are also being made along with incense burner, sake flasks and
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19th Century Edo Antique Incense

Materials

Porcelain

Early Japanese Tea Ceremonial Pottery Pot with Dripping Glaze 19-20th century
Located in Chiba, JP
flowering or incense made of the well-burnt blackish clay containing rich in iron in the traditional but
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Late 19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Incense

Materials

Pottery

18th Century Chinese Blue and White Large Plate, Qing Qianlong circa 1750
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
plate has a central hand-painted pattern of flowers issuing from a rocky base with an incense burner and
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18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Incense

Materials

Porcelain

Imperial Whimsy: Rare Antique Chinese Art Deco Rug Inspired by Walter Nichols
Located in Dallas, TX
incense burners. Mythic creatures — from dragons to phoenix-like birds — swirl among the flora, all
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Early 20th Century Chinese Art Deco Antique Incense

Materials

Wool

The Celestial Salon: Antique Chinese Art Deco Masterpiece of Timeless Elegance
Located in Dallas, TX
merely as a frame but as a narrative threshold, where incense burners, coral branches, scholar’s rocks
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Early 20th Century Chinese Art Deco Antique Incense

Materials

Wool

Italian Mirror Frame with English Chromolithographic Floral Prints - 03
Located in Prato, Tuscany
Egyptians in perfumes and incense. Labdanum resin was considered sacred, used in religious ceremonies, and
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Early 20th Century British Late Victorian Antique Incense

Materials

Mirror, Wood, Paper

Ethiopian Bronze Hanging Coptic Censer, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
censer was lit with incense such as frankincense, carried throughout the church temple, and accompanied
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Mid-19th Century Ethiopian Antique Incense

Materials

Bronze

A Rare Kangxi Period Chinese Porcelain Wucai Plate China Marked, 18th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
incense burner. The first of this kind we have ever seen in our career. Additional information: Material
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18th Century Chinese Antique Incense

Materials

Porcelain

Italian Neoclassic Terracotta Athenienne Stand - Planter
Located in Bradenton, FL
design draws its inspiration from the classical incense burner which had a tripod stand and was intended
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18th Century French Neoclassical Antique Incense

Materials

Terracotta

Antique kimono textile art " Kobachi ~ Coral Collection ~ " by ikasu Pink Japan
By Kimono ikasu
Located in Setagaya City, JP
, slightly yellowish pink is called "akakōiro 赤香色" (literally "red incense color"). "Ko 香" means "fragrance
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1920s Japanese Japonisme Antique Incense

Materials

Silk, Wood

Pair of Antique Chinese Glazed Figural Censers
Located in Forney, TX
A pair of antique Cizhou-type cream glazed cat (mao) incense stick holders. Dating to the early
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18th Century Chinese Antique Incense

Materials

Porcelain

Impressive Art Deco Edgar Brant Design Wrought Iron Square Column Floor Lamp
By Edgar Brandt
Located in Reading, Berkshire
Brandt’s work appearing on andirons, vases, cachepots, paperweights and incense burners, but is perhaps
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Antique Incense

Materials

Brass, Wrought Iron

Antique Japanese Porcelain Kaiseki Kutani Akae Plate Japan, 19th/20th century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
& Pottery Type: Incense Burners Japanese Style: Satsuma Region of Origin: Period: 19th century, 20th
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19th Century Japanese Antique Incense

Materials

Porcelain

Japanese Antiques Kato-style(Firelight-shaped) wood window, for temples building
Located in Niiza, JP
incense burner that has been used for many years There are also traces of insect bites There is some decay
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18th Century Japanese Antique Incense

Materials

Wood

A Rare Kangxi Period Chinese Porcelain Wucai Plate China Marked, 18th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
incense burner. The first of this kind we have ever seen in our career. Additional information: Material
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18th Century Chinese Antique Incense

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Turquoise Cloisonne Trinket Box, Republic Period, c 1920, China
Located in Austin, TX
, green and blue, all against a black enamel ground. The images include an incense burner and incense
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1920s Chinese Qing Antique Incense

Materials

Copper, Enamel

18th Century Carved And Painted Wooden Crucifix From France
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Century. The crucifix has on its surfaces centuries of candle smoke, incense and a great original
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Early 18th Century French Baroque Antique Incense

Materials

Fruitwood

Mid-19th Century, Antique Islamic Brass Candleholder Floor Lamp
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
could be used for candle or incense. This large floor candle holder could be rewired into a floor lamp
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19th Century Turkish Moorish Antique Incense

Materials

Brass

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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.