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Incense Burner Lid in the Shape of a Feline - LO.1051
Origin: Central Asia
Circa: 1000
AD
to 1100
AD
Dimensions:
2.5" (6.4cm) high
Collection: Islamic Art
Style: Khurasan
Medium: Copper-Alloy
Additional Information: A
£8,600.00
Location: Great Britain
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Delicate incense burner lid in the shape of a
naturalistic lynx head with pointed ears, pierced
almond shaped eyes, angular nostril, spiky fangs
projecting from a slightly open jaw. The
elaborate openwork neck extending backwards,
provided with hinge and stopper. The hinge
where the lid would have been attached to the
body in the shape of a small loop below the
neck.
Incense burners in the form of either birds or
animals such as lynxes were popular in the 11th
and 12th centuries in Iran. The most famous of
these is a massive example in the form of a
feline dated AH 577/AD 1181 in the
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
References:
S.C.Welch, The Metropolitan Museum of Art: The
Islamic World, New York, 1987: no.27, pp.39-
41.
- (LO.1051)
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