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Document identity
localId
116672
label
Incense Burner
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obj
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object
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1
Source metadata
id
116672
contentType
object
title
Incense Burner
date
1200–1250
citation
rights
CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q80010980
genreSpecific
Metalwork
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 10.6 cm (4 3/16 in.); Diameter of ridge at base: 8.8 cm (3 7/16 in.); Diameter of ridge at rim: 8.2 cm (3 1/4 in.)
cul
Syria, Ayyubid Period, 13th Century
accession
1937.26
Source extras
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brass inlaid with silver
tombstone
Incense Burner, 1200–1250. Syria, Ayyubid Period, 13th Century. Brass inlaid with silver; overall: 10.6 cm (4 3/16 in.); diameter of ridge at base: 8.8 cm (3 7/16 in.); diameter of ridge at rim: 8.2 cm (3 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Edward L. Whittemore Fund, 1937.26
collection
Islamic Art
didYouKnow
This footed vessel is wearing shoes.
citations
citation
Hollis, Howard C. “An Arabic Censer.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 25, no. 7 (July 1938): 137–138.
page_number
Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 137–138
citation
"Clay Cuboid Incense Burners of the Islamic Period." <em>Bulletin of the Research Center for Silk Roadology </em>シルクロ-ド学研究 25 (2009) 101.
citation
Graves, Margaret S. A<em>rts of Allusion: Object, Ornament, and Architecture in Medieval Islam</em>. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2018.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 80, fig. 2.13
citation
Luyster, Amanda. <em>Bringing the Holy Land Home: The Crusades, Chertsey Abbey, and the Reconstruction of a Medieval Masterpiece</em>. Turnhout: Harvey Miller / Brepols, 2023.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 216; reproduced: p. 218, fig. 94
creditline
Edward L. Whittemore Fund
updatedAt
2026-05-29 06:04:40.382000
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116672
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Islamic Art
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Islamic Art
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brass inlaid with silver
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