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Incense Burner
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Incense Burner

Artist/Maker Manteño Ecuador
Date800-1500
CultureManteño
Mediumpottery
DimensionsOverall: 17 1/4 x 9 x 8 3/4 in. (43.8 x 22.9 x 22.2 cm)
ClassificationsContainers
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Bischoff
Terms
    Object number84.0249.01
    On View
    Not on view
    Collections
    • Art of the Ancient Americas
    DescriptionMany examples of these incense burner have perforations in the central core which allow passage of the smoke up through the body and out the extremities including the eyes and ears. This burner is in the form of a seated male figure.
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Incense Burner
    Manteño
    800-1500
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Incense Burner Lid
    Teotihuacán
    ca. 400-700
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Incense Burner Lid
    Maya (archaeological culture)
    ca. 600-900
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Incense Burner
    Teotihuacán
    ca. 350-550
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Incense Burner
    mid 18th century
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Dragon
    Olmec
    ca. 1500-400 BCE
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Incense Burner
    Central Highlands/Atlantic Watershed
    ca. 1000-1550
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Incense Burner
    Artist Unknown
    late 17th to early 18th century
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Incense Burner Lid
    Maya (archaeological culture)
    ca. 600-900
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Incense Burner
    Maya (archaeological culture)
    ca. 600-900
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Incense Burner (Korō)
    Tanomura Chikuden
    1832
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Incense Burner Lid
    Maya (archaeological culture)
    ca. 600-900
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