This is an old incense burner that my grandparents received as a gift from friends in China.<br>
Sooty remains of the incense can still be found inside the vessel.<br><br>
The scan consists of 317 pictures taken with an iPhone 11. Processed in RealityCapture, cleaned in Blender.

Chinese censer

Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico
600 - 900 CE
Musée du Quai Branly, Paris, France

3D scanned using Agisoft Photoscan

Incense burner holder

Around 1580, from Cernuschi Museum collections. 

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Dragon incense burner

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Lidded incense burner (xianglu) with geometric decoration and narrative scenes

Medium: Bronze with gold, silver, turquoise, and carnelian inlay

Dimensions: H x W: 17.9 x 10 cm (7 1/16 x 3 15/16 in)

Origin: Henan or Hebei province, China

Date: ca. 2nd century BCE

Period: Early Western Han dynasty

Credit Line: Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

Accession Number: F1947.15a-b

Data Source: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

EDAN-URL: edanmdm:fsg_F1947.15a-b

Lidded incense burner (xianglu)

Chinese Incense Burner-LowPory-Material test

An early 19th Century incense burner (one of a pair) from China. Cloisonne enamel. Given by J McLean O.1A-1973

https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/178591

Scanned with an artec leo.

Incense burner

15th century wall tomb in the north wall of the chancel of Strade Dominican Friary (MA070-067001-), Co. Mayo.  Described by archaeologist, John Hunt as; 'a gabled tomb niche, with an elaborate flamboyant traceried canopy. Below this, forming a tomb-front, are two panels boldly carved with decorated ogival niches beneath elaborate foliated crocketing and pinnacle work. In the first three of these are represented the Three Kings of the East, Caspar, Melchior & Balthazar, crowned & bearing their gifts of gold, frankincense & myrrh. In the fourth niche is Christ, King and Judge. In the second panel, the ogee heads are treated as a single canopy, the pinnacles being supported on corbels carved as worshipping angels issuant from clouds with wings displayed. Under this arcading are disposed four figures. The dexter, presumably the donor or commemorated man.   The other three figures, represent an archbishop with cross-staff in the act of blessing, St Peter with two keys & a book, & St Paul with a sword & a book'.

Strade Abbey Wall Tomb Front

Ceramic incense burner support, or tubular chimney, featuring the modeled face of a deity.
 IDAEH Cultural Property No. 1.2.179.0082
www.fundacionrutamaya.org


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Incense Burner Holder

"Miniature “theater-type” incense burner with decorated lid and pedestal base. The lid, polychrome (black, yellow, white, and red), features a figure wearing a headdress with an owl effigy, decorated with a series of four disks set on a band and feathers at the top. The figure holds two rings decorated with feathers in its hands and wears a trapezoidal nose ornament. The base is hourglass-shaped and decorated with a talud-tablero–like element. NAA of the ceramic paste indicates the Pacific Coast of Guatemala as the place of manufacture (the style corresponds to examples from the Tiquisate and La Gomera area, Escuintla).

 IDAEH Cultural Property No. 1.2.144.1306
 
www.fundacionrutamaya.org

Special thanks to the staff of La Ruta Maya Foundation for their hard work on this project.

3D model made in RealityScan; Total # of images: 534

Miniature Incense Burner

Miniature Teotihuacan-style incense. The lid depicts a figure wearing a tall headdress with zoomorphic design, with open eyes and mouth, followed by a band with four floral motifs. The face is painted red and displays open eyes, an aquiline nose with a nose ornament, earflares, and a necklace with circular beads. The figure features extended arms, holding two rectangular shields; at the center of the torso there is a horizontal band with a circular appliqué in yellow and red. The bowl has a convex base, a pedestal support, and rectangular handles on the sides. The decoration includes a central talud design, with a red horizontal band at the upper section and another at the lower section, as well as circular appliqués in the middle zone of the bowl. 

 IDAEH Cultural Property No. 1.2.144.1251
 
www.fundacionrutamaya.org

Special thanks to the staff of La Ruta Maya Foundation for their hard work on this project.

3D model made in RealityScan; Total # of images: 293

Incense Burner

Teotihuacan style incense burner  from the Pacific Coast of Guatemala. It features a bell-shaped lid with lateral handles, decorated with a human face framed within a circular medallion. It supports a reliquary figure (also called “guest” or “host”), representing an elderly man wearing a rounded headdress and skirt, with large Spondylus ear ornaments. The figure holds a severed trophy head, and on the chest a small opening with removable cover reveals the face of another individual wearing a decorated headdress. The base, is biconical and decorated with triangles forming a bow-tie motif.

 IDAEH Cultural Property No.1.2.1.0315
 
www.fundacionrutamaya.org

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3D model made using Artec Leo

Incense Burner with Lid shaped of Old Man

Urn or incense burner lid in Teotihuacan style with an anthropomorphic handle. The lid is truncated-conical in shape, and surmounted by a male figure blowing what appears to be the base of a blowgun, which he holds with both hands. The right leg is bent beneath the left, which hangs forward. He wears a cap or helmet, round earspools, and a loincloth. Traces of red pigment are present. This style is frequently found in the Tiquisate or La Gomera area, Escuintla, and at other sites along the  Pacific Coast of Guatemala.

 IDAEH Cultural Property No. 1.2.179.0162
 
www.fundacionrutamaya.org

Special thanks to the staff of La Ruta Maya Foundation for their hard work on this project.

3D model made in RealityScan; Total # of images: 432

Incense Burner Lid w/ Figure w/ Blowgun

"Lid, possibly from an incense burner, with a large handle representing a standing figure with hands joined beneath the chin. The figure has a protruding abdomen and wears a hat, round earspools, bracelets, a loincloth, and anklets."

 IDAEH Cultural Property No. 1.2.159.0188
 
www.fundacionrutamaya.org

Special thanks to the staff of La Ruta Maya Foundation for their hard work on this project.

3D model made using Artec Leo

"eotihuacan-inspired incense burner from the Pacific Coast of Guatemala, featuring an hourglass-shaped pedestal base and a round lid decorated with a seated female figure. The woman holds a bird, possibly a duck, with its wings outstretched, resting on her lap. She wears a woven headband tied in a knot or bow, a nose ornament, round ear ornaments, and a striped huipil and skirt. The lid includes lateral handles.

 IDAEH Cultural Property No.1.2.1.0322
 
www.fundacionrutamaya.org

Special thanks to the staff of La Ruta Maya Foundation for their hard work on this project.

3D model made using Artec Leo"

Incense Burner with Lid/ Woman with Bird

Tripod incense burner (sahumerio or “Chilascó” incensory) with an openwork, pot-shaped body, convex walls, and a divergent neck. Two of the supports are elongated, while the third is formed by the attached figure of a hunchbacked character, who holds the body of the incense burner in front of him. Traces of pigment are preserved.
 IDAEH Cultural Property No. 16.2.5.0340
www.fundacionrutamaya.org

Special thanks to the staff of La Ruta Maya Foundation for their hard work on this project.

3D model made in RealityScan; Total # of images: 364

An Arabic incense burner is a traditional container used to burn oud or incense to produce a pleasant fragrance,

Arabic incense burner

"Incense burner with a decorated lid featuring a skeleton figure with hands on its waist, with ribs depicted in detail (achieved through grooves and molded elements). It likely references the god Mictlantecuhtli, known in other Mesoamerican cultures as the “Lord of Mictlán” or “Lord of the Land of the Dead.” Its Maya counterpart is Ah Puch, also known as Ah Cimih, Kisin (“The Stinking One”), or Yum-Kimil. In Maya mythology, he is the god and ruler of Mitnal, the underworld."
 IDAEH Cultural Property No.1.2.1.0352
 
www.fundacionrutamaya.org

Special thanks to the staff of La Ruta Maya Foundation for their hard work on this project.

3D model made using Artec Leo

Incense Burner Featuring a Skeleton

Anthropomorphic incense burner representing a standing male figure wearing a bird mask with round eye sockets, an open beak, and horn-like projections on the upper section. The figure stands with legs apart and arms bent: the left hand rests on the abdomen, while the right hand is raised holding a club. On the posterior side, behind the figure, is the vessel that serves as the incense container, supported by a cylindrical stand. The entire assemblage rests on a pedestal base decorated with conical elements in relief. The figure wears a necklace, circular earspools, a loincloth, and a chest covering resembling a net composed of tubular and circular beads.
 IDAEH Cultural Property No. 1.2.144.0875
www.fundacionrutamaya.org

Special thanks to the staff of La Ruta Maya Foundation for their hard work on this project.

3D model made using Artec Leo

Large Effigy Brazier

Miniature theater-type incense burner lid in the Teotihuacan style. At the center is the face of a figure, probably a warrior, decorated with a stylized butterfly nose ornament and circular earflares. With his hands, he appears to hold two banners that form part of the lateral framing elements. The upper frame of the lid is composed of a feathered headdress decorated with five discs arranged in a staggered pattern, while the lower frame consists of a horizontal band, or mantle, featuring a central medallion. NAA of the ceramic paste indicates the Pacific Coast of Guatemala as its origin or place of manufacture; examples of this style are generally found in the region of Tiquisate and La Gomera, Escuintla.

 IDAEH Cultural Property No. 1.2.144.1602
 
www.fundacionrutamaya.org

Special thanks to the staff of La Ruta Maya Foundation for their hard work on this project.

3D model made in RealityScan; Total # of images: 612

Miniature Lid of incense burner

Teotihuacan style incense burner featuring a central anthropomorphic face with red-painted skin, wide slanted eyes, oversized earspools and a banded necklace with pectoral. A key feature is the removable butterfly-shaped nose ornament. On each side, the figure holds pom-poms or ceremonial standards with floral crowns. The upper headdress is decorated with green feathers and stylized butterfly elements, followed by a band of five flower corollas and applied beads. The lower mantle shows horizontal red, white, and green bands. The biconical base bears a frontal bow (possibly a stylized butterfly) two flower-like discs, and side flaps with applied rings. 

 IDAEH Cultural Property No.1.2.1.0337
 
www.fundacionrutamaya.org

Special thanks to the staff of La Ruta Maya Foundation for their hard work on this project.

3D model made using Artec Leo

Incense burner with removable nose ornament

Black ceramic incense burner in the form of a shallow dish with a cylindrical handle. The dish has divergent walls and features relief decoration on the base and on the lower portion of the exterior wall. The handle features a central groove, and its end is modeled as a human-like head, with small rattle-like elements on each side.

 IDAEH Cultural Property No. 1.2.144.0405
 
www.fundacionrutamaya.org

Special thanks to the staff of La Ruta Maya Foundation for their hard work on this project.

3D model made in RealityScan; Total # of images: 290

Incense Burner with Anthropomorphic Handle

Incense burner with decorated tubular handle and rattle, composed of a circular dish with scalloped fillets applied along the exterior rim and around the base. Three zoomorphic figurines modeled in the form of birds are arranged along the rim of the dish. The handle is elongated and hollow, with rectangular and circular perforations along the sides. At the proximal end, a small bridge is incorporated, decorated with two birds modeled in profile. The entire piece is covered with a brown slip.

 IDAEH Cultural Property No.1.2.144.0260
 
www.fundacionrutamaya.org

Special thanks to the staff of La Ruta Maya Foundation for their hard work on this project.

3D model made in RealityScan; Total # of images: 304

Decorated Insense Burner

Incense Burner_ Made From Clay_ Assam

Incense burner with “theater-type” lid, of Teotihuacan-inspired tradition. The lid features a standing figure wearing an ornate headdress embellished with floral appliqués, butterflies, circular elements, and pendant fringes in yellow and green pigments. Crowning the headdress is a supernatural butterfly visage with prominent fangs, an iconographic motif closely associated with warfare in Mesoamerica. The figure bears an oversized nose ornament and holds circular disks with attached fringes, while his garment rendered as a feathered costume, it includes a pectoral medallion across the chest. The pedestal base displays a frontal talud-tablero motif and vertical lateral flanges."

 IDAEH Cultural Property No.1.2.1.0335
 
www.fundacionrutamaya.org

Special thanks to the staff of La Ruta Maya Foundation for their hard work on this project.

3D model made using Artec Leo

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