Incense Burner

for burning incense

Incense burner and lid. Burner is of brass, round with flat base on 3 roughly rectangular solid feet 2.4 cm. high. Sharp ridge formed where base joins body. Body is squat, expanding to rounded, turned-in shoulder. Neck 1.2 cm. high; mouth 5.7 cm. in diameter, with wide, flat, turned-out rim. Body is yellow/brown, with shiny speckled surface, worn in places to reveal natural brass. Lid (part b) is also of brass with dark green/brown finish. It is rounded, somewhat raised, with design of 3 butterflies, one perforated, 2 inlaid in dark grey and red/brown metal.