Vintage Brass Agardaans/ Incense Burners
A coal, a piece of agar, a thread of smoke carried through the house before guests arrive or prayers begin — the agardaan has held that ritual across Persia and the subcontinent for centuries, scenting a room and settling it. These vintage agardaans are brass, each an urn-shaped burner raised...
The Craft
Hand-Hammering
Raised from a flat sheet under thousands of hammer blows, the dimpled surface a record of the making.
Cutwork
Openwork lace pierced clean through the metal by hand with a fine needle.
Used in this pieceEngraving / Qalamzani
Cut into the metal line by line with a fine steel chisel, the qalam.
Naqsheen
Floral and geometric patterns chased into the surface freehand by the naqash.
Used in this pieceSand Casting
Molten brass poured into a sand mould packed by hand, then broken open to free the piece.
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