This pair of antique, bronze braziers are our best, portable fire pits in the house. They are in every ancient Chinese house and temple. We light fat, pillar candles in them on cold days and nights and place them on our front and side porches, side balconies, even on the coffee table in the living room.

We don't like portable fire pits that look like barbecue grills, whether round or square. They just don't seem right inside the house.