Incense Burner

The incense burner has a round bowl for placing coal to burn incense, covered with a perforated lid to let the perfumed smoke issue out. The bowl is placed in the centre of a square platform on each of the four corners of which is affixed a figure of the nandi bull. Below the platform is a brass pipe in which a wooden rod was affixed for carrying from one place to another to spread the smoke all over.
The presence of the figures of nandis, the vehicle of the god Shiva indicates that it came from a Shaivite shrine.