"I love Japanese pottery and this incense burner from Japan has all the traditional Zen qualities of beauty and elegance. The lotus shaped bowl in shades of cherry blossom pink, is about 2 inches in diameter but will hold a considerable amount of incense ashes. A gold weighted ball positioned in the middle of the bowl holds one thin incense stick—all of which adds to the serene design of this lovely item from Japan. This would be a perfect gift for meditators or anyone who appreciates fine ceramics."
"I'm not an expert on pottery, but this looks very pretty in person. The Japanese make a lot of great, inexpensive pottery, so I also can't gauge how expensive this should be, but it's finished and designed quite nicely. The brass incense holder sits in the center like a golden pearl. It's also actually deep enough to hold the more common kind of incense that has a stick at the base, and the perfect size for Asian pressed incense that's doesn't have a narrow stick at the core, like most incense sold in the US.
If you've fiddled with various types of incense, you know that the rolled kind generally doesn't sit well in other incense holders, and the little holders that come with Asian incense packs are generally not suited to re-use with other incense types.
Overall, I'm happy with this. It works well and looks great!"