EditorialLime-burner. Cunari, a caste of lime-burners, in front of a kiln. Tashrih al-aqvam, an account of origins and occupations of some of the sects, castes and tribes of India. Written at Hansi Cantonment, Hissar District, eighty-five miles north-west of De...
EditorialLime-burner. Cunari, a caste of lime-burners, in front of a kiln. Tashrih al-aqvam, an account of origins and occupations of some of the sects, castes and tribes of India. Written at Hansi Cantonment, Hissar District, eighty-five miles north-west of De...
EditorialIllustration of lime-kilns. Evelyn Papers, Vol. CLXXII. Engand; between 1650 and 1659. [Whole folio] Description relating to the lime burners, with sketch of lime-kilns. From John Evelyn's compilation of trades 'Trades, Secrets and Receipts mechanical,...
EditorialNebuchadnezzar is Given Hospitality by a Family of Charcoal-Burners. Date/Period: Ca. 1400 - 1410 with addition in 1487. Folio. Tempera colors, gold, silver paint, and ink on parchment. Height: 335 mm (13.18 in); Width: 235 mm (9.25 in).
EditorialIncense Burner with Domed Cover, 8th?9th century, Attributed to Iran, Bronze; cast, pierced, and incised, H. 5 3/8 in. (13.6 cm), Metal, Incense burners like this one were popularly used in the late antique and Byzantine eastern Mediterranean, and thei...
EditorialBronze thymiaterion (incense burner), Archaic, late 6th century B.C., Etruscan, Bronze, total H. 13 3/4 in. (34.9 cm); H. of figure 3 3/4 in. (9.6 cm), Bronzes, Incense burners were popular items among the Etruscans, who often buried their dead with th...
EditorialBronze cock, Hellenistic, ca. 3rd?1st century B.C., Greek, Bronze, H.: 2 in. (5.1 cm), Bronzes, Birds often served as finials for staves or scepters, pieces of furniture or utensils such as incense burners. While this example may have been created to s...
EditorialOne of a Pair of Incense Burners, Qing dynasty (1644?1911), Qianlong period (1736?95), China, Cloisonn? enamel, copper, and bronze, H. 15 1/2 in. (39.4 cm); W. 8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm), Cloisonn?, Vessels from China's ancient Bronze Age cultures, such as th...
EditorialIncense Burner of Amir Saif al-Dunya wa?l-Din ibn Muhammad al-Mawardi, dated A.H. 577/ A.D. 1181?82, Found Iran, Taybad, Bronze; cast, engraved, chased, pierced, OveralL. H. 33 1/2 in. (85.1 cm), Metal, Ja`far ibn Muhammad ibn `Ali, Zoomorphic incense ...
EditorialChandelier, ca. 1845, Made in New York, New York, United States, American, Bronze, H. 51 in. (129.5 cm); Diam. 35 in. (88.9 cm), Metal, Clark, Coit and Cargill, This chandelier with four burners and an urn-shaped oil reservoir is one of the few survivi...
EditorialPerfume Burner Surmounted by a Satyr, ca. 1530?40, Binary alloy (copper, tin, with traces of zinc, iron, nickel, silver, and antimony); a brown to olive green patina and minor traces of gilding., H. overall 50 cm, h. of base 10.5 cm; h. of middle secti...
EditorialTerracotta group of women seated around a well head, Classical, 2nd half of 4th century B.C., Greek, Tarentine, Terracotta, Max. H.: 8 1/4 in. (21 cm), Terracottas, Incense burners (Greek thymiateria) were important cult implements throughout the ancie...
EditorialIncense Burner with Domed Cover, 8th?9th century, Attributed to Iran, Bronze; cast, pierced, and incised, H. 5 3/8 in. (13.6 cm), Metal, Incense burners like this one were popularly used in the late antique and Byzantine eastern Mediterranean, and thei...
EditorialIncense burner, T L (British, mid-late 17th century), ca. 1675, British, London, Silver, Overall (confirmed): 17 x 9 7/8 in., 102 oz. 8 dwt. (43.2 x 25.1 cm, 3.1855kg), Metalwork-Silver, T L (British, mid-late 17th century), Scent was an important feat...
EditorialIncense burner, Ming dynasty (1368?1644), late 16th?17th century, China, Copper with gilding, H. 6 1/4 in. (15.9 cm); W. 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm), Metalwork, Attributed to Hu Wenming (Chinese, active late 16th?early 17th century), Implements commonly used fo...
EditorialIncense Burner with Cover, Edo period (1615?1868), 1750, Japan, White porcelain decorated with blue under the glaze (Hirado ware), H. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm), Ceramics, Incense burners such as this were usually placed in the tokonoma alcove of a room both t...
EditorialBronze thymiaterion (incense burner), Archaic, late 6th century B.C., Etruscan, Bronze, total H. 13 3/4 in. (34.9 cm); H. of figure 3 3/4 in. (9.6 cm), Bronzes, Incense burners were popular items among the Etruscans, who often buried their dead with th...
EditorialBronze cock, Hellenistic, ca. 3rd?1st century B.C., Greek, Bronze, H.: 2 in. (5.1 cm), Bronzes, Birds often served as finials for staves or scepters, pieces of furniture or utensils such as incense burners. While this example may have been created to s...
EditorialOne of a Pair of Incense Burners, Qing dynasty (1644?1911), Qianlong period (1736?95), China, Cloisonn? enamel, copper, and bronze, H. 15 1/2 in. (39.4 cm); W. 8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm), Cloisonn?, Vessels from China's ancient Bronze Age cultures, such as th...
EditorialIncense Burner of Amir Saif al-Dunya wa?l-Din ibn Muhammad al-Mawardi, dated A.H. 577/ A.D. 1181?82, Found Iran, Taybad, Bronze; cast, engraved, chased, pierced, OveralL. H. 33 1/2 in. (85.1 cm), Metal, Ja`far ibn Muhammad ibn `Ali, Zoomorphic incense ...
EditorialChandelier, ca. 1845, Made in New York, New York, United States, American, Bronze, H. 51 in. (129.5 cm); Diam. 35 in. (88.9 cm), Metal, Clark, Coit and Cargill, This chandelier with four burners and an urn-shaped oil reservoir is one of the few survivi...
EditorialTwo bone pickers sitting on the stairs with a dog. One sews patches onto his patchwork coat of bits of old velvet, carpet, cloth, etc. Bones are sold to burners at Haggerstone, Shoreditch and Battlebridge for two shillings a bushel. Copperplate etching...
EditorialNebuchadnezzar Given Hospitality by a Family of Charcoal Burners; Unknown; Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany, Europe; about 1400 - 1410 with addition in 1487; Tempera colors, gold, silver paint, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 33.5 x 23.5 cm (13 3/16 x 9 1/4 in.).
EditorialAromatic gums and woods were burnt in censers (incense burners) in an Egyptian temple. Woodcut engraving from Eugene Rimmel's The Book of Perfumes, London, Chapman and Hall, 1865.
EditorialAnglo Saxon grape press 114, altars 115, 116, and censers (incense burners) 117, 118. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's "Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and of the Middle Ages," Chez Co...
EditorialRitual in honor of Psyche / AA [monogram of Andrea Andreani] in Mantoua 1602. Vicentino, Giuseppe Niccolo, approximately 1510-, artist, Salviati, Francesco, 1510-1563. Andreani, Andrea, approximately 1560-1623. 1602. chiaroscuro woodcut, Print showing ...