Incense Burner

Rubin Museum of Art

Artwork Details

Title: Incense Burner

Dimensions: 5 1/4 × 3 1/8 × 3 1/8 in.

Medium: Damascened iron

Origin: Kham Province, Eastern Tibet (possibly Derge area)

Classification(s): ritual objects

Date: 15th century

Credit Line: Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art

Object number: C2005.16.67a-b

HAR Number: 65490

Published references: * Sotheby's New York, Indian and Southeast Asian Art, Sale 6632, November 30, 1994, no. 102.* The All-Knowing Buddha: A Secret Guide. Rubin Museum of Art, 2013, pp. 41, 54 Fig. 27* Van Alphen, J. Collection Highlights: Rubin Museum of Art. New York: Rubin Museum of Art, 2014. pp. 248-249

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Ritual

Concepts

Prescribed practices that carry symbolic meaning and value within a specific tradition and are intended to attain a desired outcome. Rituals are usually done as part of a ceremony or regular routine.

Today, Tibetans primarily inhabit the Tibetan Plateau, situated between the Himalayan mountain range and the Indian subcontinent to the west, Chinese cultural regions to the east, and Mongolian cultural regions to the northeast. During the 7th to 9th century, Tibetan rulers expanded their empire across Central Asia, and established Buddhism as the state religion.