Perfume burner – Sculpted bronze – Asia

3093 – perfume burner – sculpted bronze – asia antique and rare, with its old patina and uncleaned, this small tripod incense burner in thick asian bronze with relief decoration of fô dogs in good condition with marks of normal use.height 155mm X 100mm. Weight 1200 g. Careful and tracked shipping. For information, in chinese culture perfumes play a preponderant role and are present in almost every moment of daily life and they were reserved for several centuries for the elite. She attributes around ten uses to them which are to communicate with spirits and divinities, to chase away insects and bad odors, to cultivate one's temperament and one's own nature, to dissipate bad vibes from a place, to stimulate and awaken the body and the mind, to demarcate a zone of calm in a noisy place, to satisfy the mind, to put people at ease, to promote the constancy of friendship or love, to provide pleasure (strong notion of hedonism) and creating a pleasant atmosphere.

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