Western Asiatic Bronze Lion Censer Lid

11TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.

5 3/8 in (393 grams total, 13.5 cm high including stand).

Formed with stylised features, an ovoid face, openwork eyes, triangular nose, ears pricked forwards and decorative openwork panels to the neck; mounted on a custom-made display base.

Provenance

French collection, 1960s-early 2000s.
From an important Paris gallery, France.

Literature

Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, accession number 51.56, for similar.

Footnotes

Zoomorphic incense burners were popular during the Seljuk period. When complete, coal and incense could be placed inside the burner and the scented smoke would escape through the pierced areas.

CONDITION

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