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Origin: Iran Shape: Animal : Cat Material: Bronze
Period: 577 A.H Location: Metropolitan Museum of Art’s collection of Islamic Art
Description: Incense burner, 1181–1182, Seljuq Jacfar ibn Muhammad ibn cAli, Khorasan (eastern Iran), Iran, Found in Khorasan (eastern Iran), Tay-abad (Kariz), Iran, Cast bronze with openwork decoration, H. 33 1/2 in. (85.1 cm), L. 32 1/2 in. (82.6 cm). The head comes off so that the incense can be placed inside, and the arabesque interlace on the body and neck has been pierced to allow the aroma to escape.
Period: Seljuk Dynasty, 12th Location: Detroit Institute of Arts
Description: height 16.5 cm (6 1/2 in.), The lamp or incense burner of unusual shape is decorated with Kufic inscriptions bestowing blessings on the owner. Openwork designs of linked roundels and intertwined palmette scrolls adorn the surface.
Period: 1300 Location: The Arthur M. Sackler Gallery and the Freer Gallery of Art
Description: Made for Sultan Nasir al-Din Muhammad [ibn Qala’un] (reigned 1294-1340). Egypt or Syria, 1294-1340. Beaten brass, inlaid with gold, silver, and a black compound, 36.5 x 16.5 cm
Period: mid-1st millennium B.C. Location: Metropolitan Museum of Art’s collection of Ancient Near Eastern Art
Description: H. 10 7/8 in. (27.6 cm). This bronze incense burner from southwestern Arabia consists of a cylindrical container set on a conical base. Seven spikes extend upward from a high front panel that resembles an architectural facade and bears a depiction in relief of two snakes flanking a round disk set within a crescent.An ibex, separately cast and identifiable by its ridged horns, stands on a plinth that projects from the censer’s front.
Description: The broad shallow cup has a rounded shoulder and a plain vertical rim. It is soldered to the top of a tall pedestal which flares, at first gently and then sharply, to a splayed base. The conical cover is composed of ten stepped tiers, the lowest of which fits over the rim of the cup. Cut out of the central eight tiers are arrow shaped slots to allow the smoke of the incense to escape. Height of stand 1 7.9 cm. height of cover 1 0.9 cm, diameter of cover 6.3 cm, total weight 221.48 gr.
Period: Byzantine Location: Department of Antiquities, Cyprus
Description: Silver incense-burner for ecclesiastical use with incised and relief decoration. The suspension chains are missing. Height 19 cm. Maximum width 9.4 cm
Location: Stewart and Smith Collectibles, Medford, OR
Description: The patina on the body is just gorgeous, and there is a scene with water & rocks on one side, and water on the other. The little bird sits atop her nest of sticks, which forms the lid of the burner. Measures 3 1/2" wide, and 3 3/4" to the top of the birds head.
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