Head for a Feline Incense Burner
1150–1200
Maker Unknown
Islamic Art
Head for a Feline Incense Burner, 1150–1200. Iran, Khurasan, Seljuq period of Iran (1037–1194). Copper alloy, cast, engraved, chased, and pierced; overall: 36 cm (14 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1948.308.b The head and body were each cast in halves that were soldered or welded together.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Metalwork
- Formatted Medium
- Copper alloy, cast, engraved, chased, and pierced
- Dimensions
- Overall: 36 cm (14 3/16 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: Qur'an sura al-jum'ah (The Friday Congregation) 62:9-10 (on neck and spine) Translation: The inscription reads in part: "O believers, when proclamation is made for prayer on the Day of Congregation, hasten to God's remembrance and leave trafficking aside... then, when the prayer is finished, disperse through the land and seek God's bounty, and remember God frequently that you may prosper."
- Departments
- Islamic Art
- Accession Number
- 1948.308.b
- Credit Line
- John L. Severance Fund
- Exhibitions
- Islam and the Medieval West, Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture, <em>Kunstschatze aus Iran. </em>DIE WOCHE, Zurich, Switzerland (6/6/1962).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 116 Islamic
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