A pear shaped Altar Fruit Incense Burner in matte underglaze.
This product is made-to-order.
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$200.00 excluding tax
This pear-shaped Altar Fruit Incense Burner is glazed in a colorful matte underglaze. Underglaze is a colored clay that gets applied to ceramic. It’s a very traditional way to decorate ceramics. Often it gets over glazed with a shiny transparent glaze. But this piece has no glossy finish glaze, which gives it an amazing mat finish. We love the finish so much that we are willing to sacrifice functionality, because of course the matte finish will require a little bit of maintenance if you’re burning a lot for incense. It will get pretty ashy, but it’s cleanable, you just need to scrub it a little bit with soap and water. So be forewarned.
The single Alter fruit Incense Burners, with no plate, need to be used with another plate, or tray, to catch the ashes.
There is a tradition in many cultures of placing fruit at altars as an offering. There is even a tradition of ceramic altar fruit — representational offerings decorated in beautiful glazes that do not decompose.
Our Altar Fruit Incense holder is part of this lineage — combining the altar fruit offering with incense holder function. This Altar Fruit Incense Holder comes permanently attached to a plate, to catch the ashes.
For use with traditional stick incense.
