Square shaped incense burner using a "non traditional pigment". Bright Painted decoration. Height 11 cm. Dhofar / Salalah itself is the home of the frankincense tree, and for century upon century it was the center of a vast international trade in frankincense. This aromatic resin was in great demand in the ancient world (including Greeks and Romans) for religious ceremonies and burial rites and the most important place where best-quality frankincense grew was and is southern Oman. However the role of Oman as an exporter of incense stopped when it was discovered how to produce cheap incense synthetically (chemically)