Incense Stand, one of a pair, 18th century, 34 3/4 x 18 1/4 x 18 1/4 in. ( x x cm), Zitan, China, 18th century, In their earliest form, incense stands were used by the Chinese to present offerings to the Buddha. With time, the incense stand was adapted to domestic settings, however unlike chairs or beds, it retained its spiritual implications. It ws often used in formal occasions as well as to display flowers or antiques. These paired stands are superbly developed examples of the cabriole-leg style with round top. Made from zitan, one of the rarest and hardest woods known

---

Size: 4340px × 3580px
Location:
Photo credit: © Penta Springs / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: -legged, 18th, adapted, antiques, beds, buddha, cabriole-leg, carved, century, chairs, china, chinese, complex, consistent, decoration, developed, display, domestic, earliest, elegant, examples, excellent, flowers, form, formal, hardest, implications, incense, joinery, occasions, offerings, pair, paired, present, proportions, rarest, retained, settings, spiritual, stand, stands, style, superbly, time, top, unified, woods, ws, zitan