About the Artwork
Incense Burner
between 1000 and 1100
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Iranian
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Leaded brass, organic black compound
Overall: 8 7/8 × 3 3/4 inches (22.5 × 9.5 cm)
Metalwork
Islamic Art
Founders Society Purchase, the Matilda R. Wilson Fund and the Mr. and Mrs. Walter Buhl Ford II Fund
1993.52
Public Domain
Markings
Inscribed: [translated: Blessing, good fortune...]
Provenance
(Said Motamed, Frankfurt, Germany);1993-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Iranian, Incense Burner, between 1000 and 1100, leaded brass, organic black compound. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, the Matilda R. Wilson Fund and the Mr. and Mrs. Walter Buhl Ford II Fund, 1993.52.
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