Incense burner
Category
Brassware
Date
Unknown
Materials
Bronze
Measurements
178 x 50 x 100 mm
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Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1333644
Summary
Bronze incense burner in the shape of a house on stilts, known as a 'koro'. Walls not at right angles. Circular and rectangular windows. Door etched into one side adjacent to round window. Roof simulates thatch, with a chimney or ventilator set in the top. Lid/roof detachable. Stands on five legs.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.