Spherical Incense Burner
1500-1600 (made)
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Spherical incense burner in two halves, pierced and engraved brass, with silver damascene; with arabesque patterns. The silver handle is a later addition
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Brass with pierced holes and engraved decoration, possibly lost silver inlay |
| Brief description | Middle East, Metalwork. Spherical incense-burner in two identical halves, brass with pierced holes and engraved decoration of cruciforms within roundels, against trefoil scrollwork and flowers, with radial design on the base, possibly Egypt or Syria, 1500-1600. Silver handle is a later European addition |
| Physical description | Spherical incense burner in two halves, pierced and engraved brass, with silver damascene; with arabesque patterns. The silver handle is a later addition |
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| Bibliographic reference | Sylvia Auld, Renaissance Venice, Islam and Mahmud the Kurd. A metalworking enigma, 2004, no.1.33, p.131. |
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| Accession number | 4704A-1859 |
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| Record created | March 11, 2003 |
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