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{
    "localId": "116672",
    "label": "Incense Burner",
    "core": "obj",
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}

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    "id": "116672",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Incense Burner",
    "date": "1200–1250",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1937.26",
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1937.26/1937.26_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "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"
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    "tec": "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",
            "url": "https://www.jstor.org/stable/25137948"
        },
        {
            "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"
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1937.26",
    "creditline": "Edward L. Whittemore Fund",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 06:04:40.382000",
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    "dept": "Islamic Art",
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    "med": "brass inlaid with silver",
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