Product Description

Antique Sumatran Incense Burner 2

Material: Terracotta
Style: Sumatra
Size: Height 29 cm, Diameter 9.5 cm (top), 18 cm (base)
Order Number: MHSASIBB2

This incense burner was made most probably in south Sumatra.

It is made of unglazed terracotta. It was used to hold and burn kenenyan (frankincense) and scented wood chips.

Glazed pottery was not made very much in Southeast Asia because it was easy to import it from southern China.

The terracotta can crumble because it is fired at low temperatures, yet the condition is very good. It has a good patina consistent with its age.

Late 19th – early 20th century.

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