Handmade Chaozhou Zhuni Botanical Incense Holder Set

Unglazed red clay gives this botanical incense set a completely different register from the porcelain flowers around it. Choose a layered lotus or an open camellia, each paired with a broad matching plate that receives falling ash.

The clay surface preserves small tonal and forming variations rather than hiding them beneath glaze. Smoke rises from the perforated flower center, while the plate gives the composition a grounded horizontal line. The result belongs naturally beside Chaozhou teaware, dark wood and woven tea mats.

The warm red body belongs naturally beside Chaozhou teaware, and the flower-and-plate construction gives incense a defined place within the table ritual. Lotus suggests purity and renewal; camellia offers a fuller, more open floral presence. In either form, the unglazed surface keeps earth and touch ahead of brilliance.

• Origin: Chaozhou, Guangdong, China
• Material: Unglazed Zhuni red clay
• Botanical forms: Lotus or Camellia
• Function: Holder for one stick of incense
• Base: 13.8 cm diameter x 5 cm H / 5.4 in diameter x 2.0 in H
• Flower: 11 cm diameter x 3 cm H / 4.3 in diameter x 1.2 in H
• Included: One botanical incense holder and one matching clay plate