Peacock-shaped Incense Burner

late 15th - mid 16th century

Indian

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Islamic, Level 1, North Wing

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Title Peacock-shaped Incense Burner

Artwork Date late 15th - mid 16th century

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Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. Indian

Medium Brass

Dimensions Overall: 11 3/4 × 7 3/4 × 7 1/2 inches (29.8 × 19.7 × 19.1 cm)

Classification Metalwork

Department Asian Art

Credit Museum Purchase, Ernest and Rosemarie Kanzler Foundation Fund

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 2022.1

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Provenance

1971-76, purchased by Anthony Jack (London, UK)

1976, consigned to (Spink and Son, London, UK)

1976, purchased by Bashir Mohamed (London, UK)

2021, consigned to (Prahlad Bubbar, London, UK)

2022-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

Zebrowski, Mark. Gold, Silver & Bronze from Mughal India. London, 1997, p. 94, (pl. 87).

Michell, George and Mark Zebrowski. Architecture and Art of the Deccan Sultanates, The New Cambridge History of India 1.7. New York, 1999, p. 234 (fig. 172).

Haidar, Navina Najat, Marika Sardar, et al. Sultans of Deccan India 1500–1700: Opulence and Fantasy. New York, 2015, cat. no. 100, pp. 206–7.

Bubbar, Prahlad. Sublime Form. Exh. cat., Frieze Masters. London, 2021, cat. no. 11 (n.p.).

Cole, Alison and Luke Syson. “Obscure objects of desire: five of the best works in Frieze Masters’ new Stand Out section,” Art Newspaper. Accessed on October 14, 2021.

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2021/10/14/obscure-objects-of-desire.

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Indian, Peacock-shaped Incense Burner, late 15th - mid 16th century, brass. Detroit Institute of Arts, Museum Purchase, Ernest and Rosemarie Kanzler Foundation Fund, 2022.1.