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.
EditorialApocalypse d'Angers,1373-1387, a series of tapestries woven for Louis I.,Duke of Anjou. The first trumpet: The angel empties his censer with fire upon the earth (Revelations 8: 6-7).
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...
EditorialAllegorical Figures of the 'Four Continents', Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present, Friedrich Elias Meyer, German, 1723 - 1785, hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold, Four figures (a, b, c, d) together form a set...
EditorialThe Four Continents Paying Homage to Amsterdam The Four Continents Paying Homage to Amsterdam The four continents pay tribute to the city of Amsterdam. In the center, on the edge of the kogship, the Amsterdam city maiden is dressed in a Mercury hat. It...
EditorialCenser with Dragons amid Stylized Clouds. China. Date: 1522-1566. Dimensions: H. 16.4 cm (6 7/16 in.); diam. 21.6 cm (8 1/2 in.). Porcelain with underglaze blue and reserve decoration. Origin: China.
EditorialAllegorical Figures of the 'Four Continents', Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present, Friedrich Elias Meyer, German, 1723 - 1785, hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold, Four figures (a, b, c, d) together form a set...
EditorialCenser, Bronze, A panelled octagonal foot resolves into a twisted knop to a round gadrooned bowl, the upper rim of which bears four pierced lugs to receive chains. The lugs are matched on the base of the pierced top which is in the general form of an o...