Incense Burner Lid in the Shape of a Feline, 12th Century CE - 13th Century CE
Copper-Alloy
2.5
LO.1051
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...
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. A feline’s, probably a lion’s head, cast bronze with openwork and some engraved details. It may have been part of a feline-shaped incense burner. Central Asia, probably Afghanistan, 10th – 11th century. Ht. MTW-102. JB.1241. Stylised animal head, cast bronze. It was probably part of a tap or a vessel. Anatolia or Iran, 12th 13th century. Prof. Geza Fehervar Prof.Geoffrey Kin
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. A feline’s, probably a lion’s head, cast bronze with openwork and some engraved details. It may have been part of a feline-shaped incense burner. Central Asia, probably Afghanistan, 10th – 11th century. Ht. MTW-102. JB.1241. Stylised animal head, cast bronze. It was probably part of a tap or a vessel. Anatolia or Iran, 12th 13th century. Prof. Geza Fehervar Prof.Geoffrey Kin