有一些东西,在某一个时期,使用非常普遍,但是,却几乎没有任何关于它的文字记载。人们只是制造它,使用它,似乎并不怎么在乎它。我认为芸香炉就是这一类的东西。它被普遍使用,应该是在晚清和民国早期这样一个时期吧。大部分都是铜质。偶然也会见到有锡制、银制和木制的。以黄铜为主。也有白铜的,那是在铜里掺了相当比例的银。比较少见镀金银和嵌银丝的。由此也可见它确实是当时并不太受重视的一路玩物。在我收藏的众多芸香炉中,只有一只,是镀银的。当 There are some things that are very common to use at a given time, but there is hardly any written account of it. People just make it, use it, it does not seem to care about it. I think this is the kind of thing. It is commonly used, it should be in the late Qing and early Republican period it. Most are copper. Occasionally also see tin, silver and wood. Mainly brass. There are also white copper, which is mixed with a considerable proportion of silver in the copper. Less common gilded silver and silver inlay. This also shows that it is indeed not all the way at that time all the way to plaything. Among the many Riesling incense I collect, only one is silver-plated. when