Islamic Bronze Incense Burner Pouring Spout

12TH-13TH CENTURY A.D.

6 1/2 in. (315 grams, 16.5 cm).

Tubular in plan with flange above the base, two lateral crescentic loops, partial everted rim with slot and curved rectangular-section spout with pierced strainer.

Provenance

Acquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s.
Private collection, London.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

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LOT 1193

Islamic Bronze Incense Burner Pouring Spout

Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)

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Islamic Bronze Incense Burner Pouring Spout

12TH-13TH CENTURY A.D.

6 1/2 in. (315 grams, 16.5 cm).

Islamic Bronze Incense Burner Pouring Spout

Early Dynastic Terracotta Administrative Cuneiform Tablet Recording Livestock and their OwnersIIIb, 2400-2340 B.C.

Babylonian Head and Egyptian Shabti GroupMid 1st millennium B.C. and later

Western Asiatic Veined Stone Macehead3rd-2nd millennium B.C.

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IIIb, 2400-2340 B.C.

Babylonian Head and Egyptian Shabti Group
Mid 1st millennium B.C. and later

Western Asiatic Veined Stone Macehead
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.