This gold-tone metal incense brazier is 5 1/4" tall and 6" wide. It is a replica of am ancient Chinese "pot-style" incense burner with two animal-headed side-rings and a Foo Dog handle on top; there is Chinese "good fortune" writing on the sides. It is made of bright stamped metal and it stands on three legs.
Incense may be burned in any non-flammable container, but most people prefer to place their charcoal disks and resin or powder incense in a specially made incense brazier or incense burner that stands on legs, so that the heat of the burning charcoal will not mar their altar or table surface. The bottom of the brazier should be lined with sand to prevent the heat from prematurely burning out the metal.
One old-fashioned name for this common altar tool is a thurible,
and during rituals, the person who tends to the
incense,
especially when it is kept in a hanging thurible and waved about
during the services, is called the thurifer. For home use,
a standing incense brazier is generally preferred, and
it should be large enough to hold
a charcoal disk and incense.
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