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Your search (antique america) returned 25 incense burners (click on thumbnail to see full picture)
Origin: Guatemala Shape: : Human Material: Ceramic
Period: Maya Location: G&T Foundation
Description: Lidded cylinder-shaped jar with elaborately modelled and decorated human, animal and deity figures on the lid, decorated with polychrome paint. 65 cm. in height.
Many other Maya incense burners are described on this site:
Description: Silver burner made in USA circa 1890. It is fashioned in an Egyptian motif. It measures 1.6" in diameter at the mouth and hangs 7.75" long
Description: Heavy metal (possibly black brass) incense burner.
See item 492 for comparison
Item # 258
Origin: Costa Rica Shape: Bowl : Crocodile Material: Ceramic
Period: 10th–12th Location: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Description: Ceramic incense burner Height : 58.7 cm. Spherical bowl with cylindrical chimney. Crocodiles are the most powerful animals in the water and were considered godlike spirits in ancient America.
Origin: Costa Rica Shape: Animal : Jaguar Material: Ceramic
Period: 300-1000 Location: North Carolina Museum of Art
Description: The (27.9cm x 17.8cm) incense burner is supported by a large snarling jaguar, which is replicated in a smaller version atop the lid. Burning coals and incense were placed in the bowl on the back of the large jaguar, and the smoke escaped through small holes in the lid.
Origin: Peru Shape: Animal : Armadillo Material: Silver
Period: 19th Location: San Antonio Museum of Art
Description: This elegant sahumador (incense burner), 9" x 14" x 5", is an excellent example of fine Peruvian silverwork of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. With objects such as this, upper-class Peruvian families sweetened the atmosphere of their homes and haciendas. Incense burners were also fashioned in the shapes of turkeys and other indigenous animals.
Origin: Mexico Shape: Bowl : Human Material: Ceramic
Period: 400-500 Location: Artemis Gallery Ancient World Arts
Description: Ceremonial censor or incense burner from the end of Mayan Classic Period -- circa 400 to 500 A.D., this censor consists of a large circular vessel supported by ringed base, emerging from the outer walls of the vessel are 12 spiked appendages and a single human head wearing an elaborate headdress. Vessel measures 6" high by 9" in diameter.
Origin: Costa Rica Shape: Pot : Crocodile Material: Ceramic
Period: 800-1200 Location: Musee des Arts Premiers
Description: Incense burner from Costa Rica (Guanacaste, La Guinea). 25 cm high. The lid is decorated with a Crocodile. Crocodiles are the most powerful animals in the water and were considered godlike spirits in ancient America.
Description: Incense burner purchased at a catholic church yard sale 27 years ago. It stands 10 1/2 inches tall. Included is an incense holder with a spoon.
Item # 433
Origin: USA Shape: Vegetal : Pumpkin Material: Silver
Location: Tiffany & Co
Description: Incense or oil burner, gourd form in sterling silver with nicely detailed leaf designs, marked, 2.5"h
Tiffany & Co. is a U.S. jewelry and silverware company founded by Charles Lewis Tiffany and Teddy Young in New York City in 1837 as a "stationery and fancy goods emporium."
Description: This incense burner is 4-1/2" wide and 12" tall not including the chains giving it over 85" in total length. It is made of brass plated brass and could be from the first half of the 20th century. The four 42" chains terminate at a cast fitting that holds a ring connected to a 5th chain. Pulling the ring lifts the cover. A 6th chain about 40" long connects to the ceiling.
Item # 473
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