Incense Collection

Strange Incense by Reginald Higgins
A rather sinister looking faun watches over a woman sleeping, unaware, in a deckchair

Chesterfield Church
The spire of Chesterfield Church, Derbyshire. The Devil wound his tail around the spire, but the incense from a Mass service made him sneeze and bent the spire!

Vatican Council / 1870
The Ecclesiastical Council at Rome

Incense sticks burning in Den Ngoc Son, Temple Hanoi
Incense sticks burning in Den Ngoc Son, Temple of the Jade Mountain in Hoan Kiem Lake in Hanoi, Vietnam

Costume / Men / Hebrewpriest
A Hebrew High Priest in ornate gold and red robes, praying with raised hands and swinging a smoking censer

Priest at the Golden Altar of Incense
This engraving depicts a Jewish Priest burning incense in the Golden Altar of Incense. Incense was burned daily on this altar during morning and the evening sacrifices

Myrrh, Commiphora myrrha (Balsamodendron myrrha). Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration from Hermann Adolph Koehlers Medicinal Plants, edited by Gustav Pabst, Koehler, Germany, 1887

Altar of Incense
Incense offering in Judaism was related to perfumed offerings on the altar of incense during the Tabernacle and the First and Second Temple period

Art deco sketch by C. E. Shand for Incense, 1920s
Art deco sketch by C.E. Shand for Incense, 1920s Date: 1920s

Censer with the image of the god Tlaloc. Ceramic
Censer with the image of the god Tlaloc, the god of rain. Ceramic. Colima style (El Chanal). Early Postclassic Period (900-1250 AD). Western Mexico. Museum of the Americas. Madrid, Spain. Date: 2018

Incense burner (Sahumador). Silver. 19th century. Argentina. Museum of the Americas. Madrid, Spain. Date: 2018

13th Century BC 19th Dynasty 1213 1279 Altar
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English gentleman consulting a somniloquist, 18th century
English gentleman consulting a somniloquist in his chambers, 18th century. The sleeping fortune teller lies in a bed in a room decorated with crocodile skin, Egyptian figures and incense burners

Customs inspectors opening luggage at the border, 18th century. Searched by the Douaniers at the French frontiers. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Thomas Rowlandson

Two-flowered agave, Dracaena boscii, Littaea geminiflora, Agave geminiflora, Yucca boscii, Littea di fiori a coppie. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus

Woman in Japanese silk blouse and long pleated skirt, 1913
Woman in Japanese silk blouse and long pleated skirt, boy in white sailors suit. Blouse japonaise en soie sur une jupe plissee, marin de toile blanche

Shanghai Races - statues outside the race club
Chinese racegoers lighting candles and burning incense in front of statues of the patron saints of the Hwa Hewi (Flower Society)

Japanese star anise, Illicium anisatum. Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration from Hermann Adolph Koehlers Medicinal Plants, edited by Gustav Pabst, Koehler, Germany, 1887

Camphor tree, Cinnamomom camphora. Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration by Walther Muller from Hermann Adolph Koehlers Medicinal Plants, edited by Gustav Pabst, Koehler, Germany, 1887

Camphora or camphor tree, Dryobalanops aromatica (Dryobalanops camphora). Critically endangered. Handcoloured illustration drawn

Roses, Rosa canina, with incense censer and calligraphic poem. Chromolithograph by Louis Prang from Alice Ward Baileys Flower Fancies, Boston, 1889

Worshippers making offerings to a statue of Buddha or Fo in a banyan tree, Vietnam. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient

Allegorical depiction of Asia reclining on a bed, with a garland of flowers, and a bowl of incense smoking. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Luigi Giarre after an illustration by Andrea Appiani

Chinese gods of desire, immortality, etc
Statues of Chinese gods: Kin-gan or Chin-hoan, god of tutelage, Ni-ni-fo or Fo-tek god of voluptuousness, and god of immortality with deer and crane

Busts of sacred idols of the Aztecs, Mexico. Kneeling idol Chalchiuhtlicue with pearl headdress and triangular neckerchief

Camphor laurel, Cinnamomum camphora. Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley and Henry Trimens Medicinal Plants, London, 1880

Ammoniacum, Dorema ammoniacum
Ammoniacum, gum ammoniac, ooshak, kandal or bal-kurai, Dorema ammoniacum. Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley

Galbanum, Ferula gummosa
Galbanum or kassnih, Ferula gummosa (Ferula gambanifolia). Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley and Henry Trimens Medicinal Plants

Patchouli, Pogostemon cablin (Pogostemon patschuli). Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Dr. Willibald Artus Hand-Atlas sammtlicher mediinisch-pharmaceutischer Gewachse

Arabian balsam tree, Commiphora gileadensis
Arabian balsam tree or balm of Gilead, Commiphora gileadensis (Balsamodendron ehrenbergianum). Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Dr

Various Paraphernalia used in Judaism
Engraving of the Brazen Altar of the Burnt Sacrifice, the Altar of Incense, Table of Shewbread and the Ark of Covenant

Aaron entering the Holy Place on the Day of Atonement
Aaron is a prophet, high priest, and the brother of Moses. He is depicted in this engraving entering the Holy Place on the Day of Atonement

Interior of the Temple of Quannon (Kannon) Kannon (Kwannon, Quannon) personifies compassion and is one of the most widely worshipped deities in Asia and Japan throughout both ancient

Senorita Tortola Valencia, dancer
Senorita Tortola Valencia pictured in costume for the Dance of the Incense likened at the time to an animated Egyptian frieze

Egyptian King Ramses I
Egyptian King Ramses offering incense and oblations

Red pomegranate seeds on display - market stall in Old Delhi
Bright red pomegranate seeds on display on a market stall in Old Delhi, India. Incense is burning to keep off the flies. Date: 1985

Monk and incense, Temple of the Six Banyan Trees
A monk puts incense sticks on a shrine at the Temple of the Six Banyan Trees, or Liurong Temple, Guangzhou, China Date: 1982

Thurible for incense. Medieval Museum. Stockholm. Sweden

Egypt. Stele of Seti I. Beth-Shean. 1289-1278 B. C. Basalt
Egypt. Stele of Seti I. Beth-Shean. 1289-1278 B.C. Basalt. Commemorates the kings victory in the Military expedition into Canaan

Church Furniture, Plate 166, showing candle holders, candlesticks, lecterns, boxes, vases and other items. Date: circa 1880s

Romanesque Art. Catalonia. Espinelves. Frontal altar from Saint Vincent. Anonymous. Around 1187. Tempera on wood. The Adoration of the Magi: Melchior, Caspar and Balthasar. Episcopal Museum. VIc

Incense sticks burning in Hanoi, Vietnam

Sandalwood, Santalum album, from Curtiss Botanical Magazine, 1833.. Illustration drawn by William Jackson Hooker, engraved by Swan

Jewish temple interior, holy room
View of a Jewish temple interior, showing the holy room. Adjoining the holy of holies, this room had an incense altar, a menorah and a shewbread table

Three-dimensional Jewish New Year card. Date: circa 1900s

Classical Veracruz culture. Mexico. Shaped incense burner jaguar. Terracotta. 600-900. Israel Museum. Jerusalem

Israel. Jerusalem. Priest uses incense

Israel. Jerusalem. The Tomb of Christ at The Holy Sepulchre. Aedicula. Old city

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