EditorialPrince Shotoku Taishi, Japan, Kamakura period, early 14th. He is shown as a 16-year old youth holding a censer and praying for the recovery of his sick father the Emperor Yomei.At his feet sit two smaller figures in the court dress of the Kamakura pe...
EditorialCenser 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.
EditorialPsalm 55; procession of angels. Luttrell Psalter. England [East Anglia]; circa 1325-1335. [Whole folio] Psalm 55. Border decoration with small animal grotesque. In the lower margin, five angels process towards a small church or shrine on a mound.The fi...
EditorialThe Seventh Seal: An Angel Censing an Altar and Pouring the Censer over the Earth; Unknown; London (probably), England, Europe; about 1255 - 1260; Tempera colors, gold leaf, colored washes, pen and ink on parchment; Leaf: 31.9 x 22.5 cm (12 9/16 x 8 7/...
EditorialCenser representing the god of rain Tlaloc. Postclassical period (1300-1521). Mixtec Culture. Ceramic, stucco, tufa and paint. Teotitlan del Camino (State of Oaxaca, Mexico). Dallas Museum of Art, State of Texas. United States.
EditorialCenser representing the god of rain Tlaloc. Postclassical period (1300-1521). Mixtec Culture. Ceramic, stucco, tufa and paint. Teotitlan del Camino (State of Oaxaca, Mexico). Dallas Museum of Art, State of Texas. United States.
EditorialCenser representing the god of rain Tlaloc. Postclassical period (1300-1521). Mixtec Culture. Ceramic, stucco, tufa and paint. Teotitlan del Camino (State of Oaxaca, Mexico). Dallas Museum of Art, State of Texas. United States.
EditorialCenser, upper part of a vessel in which fragrant resin was burnt. The incense issued from the mouth of the human head. From Amatitlan-Lake, Guatemala. Sacrificial vessels were thrown into the lake during ceremonies. Clay with paint (250-600 CE). Height...
EditorialBronze censer-cover, Anglo-Saxon, late 10th-early 11th century. The cover is in the form of a miniature church tower with rectangular pillars on a plinth crowned by an ornate gabled roof of a Rhenish (Rhineland) style. The plinth is decorated with simp...