The custom of burning incense has a long history in China. People usually incense their clothes for the sake of etiquette. More importantly, ancient literati and scholars like to burn a column of incense in the study where they read and write to create the artistic conception of "reading at night with tea fragrance". Therefore, as early as a long time ago, there were censers made of pottery, porcelain, copper, iron and tiles.
元末明初随着铜器铸造业的迅速发展，原先其它材料的香炉，逐渐被铜香炉所取代，明代宣德年间是铜香炉制作的巅峰阶段。在清代，像类似的铜香炉的器物，一般老百姓家里是没有的，一般都是王公贵族，宗庙、寺庙，作为一种陈设器，祭器和礼器，影响收藏价值都很高。
With the rapid development of copper casting industry in the late Yuan Dynasty and the early Ming Dynasty, the original censers of other materials were gradually replaced by copper censers. The Xuande period of Ming Dynasty was the peak stage of the production of copper censers. In the Qing Dynasty, like similar copper censers, the common people didn't have them in their homes. They were princes and nobles, temples and temples. As a kind of furnishing, sacrificial and ritual vessels, they had a high impact on the collection value.
口径：10.8cm 通高：20cm
Caliber：10.8cm through height：20cm
上图是广州东朝寻宝有幸寻到的一尊龙纹熏香炉，底款“大清御制”。
The picture above is a dragon pattern incense burner which was found by treasure hunters in the east of Guangzhou. The bottom section is "made by Qing Dynasty".
鼓腹、双螭龙为耳，瑞兽首为足，炉底心方框内铸“大清御制”款，铭款浇铸清晰，大气凝重，福瑞吉祥。
Drum belly, double dragon for ears, auspicious beast head for feet, furnace bottom heart box casting "Qing Dynasty imperial" section, inscription casting clear, dignified atmosphere, auspicious.
炉身两面分别雕刻双龙戏珠纹，龙鳞、龙角、龙须、龙眼等细节处皆惟妙惟肖；炉盖上瑞兽盘旋，活灵活现，盖与炉口相接。熏炉侧面为双龙耳，神态似欲腾飞，翱翔天际。釉质肥厚，做功考究细腻，韵味十足。
The two sides of the furnace body are respectively carved with double dragons playing beads. Dragon scales, dragon horns, dragon whiskers, dragon eyes and other details are all lifelike. The furnace cover is circled by auspicious beasts, which is vivid and connected with the furnace mouth. The side of the stove is double dragon ears. It looks like it wants to take off and soar in the sky. The enamel is thick, the work is exquisite, and the charm is full.
此熏香炉造型端庄，制作精细，工艺复杂，是当时佛教文化高度发展的产物，弥足珍贵。透过它，可以窥见彼时上流社会熏香文化的风雅，闻到繁华的“海上丝绸之路”飘来的袅袅佛香，极具历史研究价值和收藏价值。
This incense burner, with its elegant shape, fine production and complex technology, was the product of the highly developed Buddhist culture at that time, which was precious. Through it, we can see the elegance of the incense culture of the upper class at that time, and smell the fragrance of Buddhism from the prosperous "maritime Silk Road", which is of great historical research value and collection value.
