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The Parthians were a world power rivaling the Romans from 100 BC until about AD 200. They were succeeded in Iran by the Sasanians.
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136826
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Feline-Handled Incense Burner
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136826
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object
title
Feline-Handled Incense Burner
description
The Parthians were a world power rivaling the Romans from 100 BC until about AD 200. They were succeeded in Iran by the Sasanians.
date
c. 100 CE
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en
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Q60746556
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Metalwork
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1
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Overall: 11.6 x 30 cm (4 9/16 x 11 13/16 in.)
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Burudjird(?), Parthian Empire (247 BCE–224 CE)
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1961.32
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bronze, cast
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Feline-Handled Incense Burner, c. 100 CE. Burudjird(?), Parthian Empire (247 BCE–224 CE). Bronze, cast; overall: 11.6 x 30 cm (4 9/16 x 11 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1961.32
collection
Near Eastern Art
citations
citation
Bahrami, Mehdi. “Courrier D'art De Téhéran: Encensoir De Bronze De L'époque Parthe.” <em>Artibus Asiae</em>, vol. 11, no. 4, 1948, pp. 288–292.
page_number
Mentioned: pp. 288-292; Reproduced: p. 289, figs. 1 and 2
citation
Ghirshman, Roman. <em>Iran : From the Earliest times to the Islamic Conquest. </em>Baltimore: Penguin, 1954.
page_number
Discussed p. 281, Reproduced pl. 38b
citation
Vanden Berghe, Louis, and Roman Ghirshman. <em>Archéologie de l'Iran ancien</em>. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1959.
page_number
Discussed p. 97, Reproduced Pl. 124b
citation
Musée du Petit Palais (Paris, France), and Roman Ghirshman.<em> Sept Mille Ans D'art En Iran: [Exposition] Petit Palais, Octobre 1961 - Janvier 1962.</em> [Paris]: Petit Palais, 1961.
page_number
no. 737, p. 125
citation
Ghirshman, Roman. <em>Iran: Parthians and Sassanians</em>. [London]: Thames and Hudson, 1962.
page_number
p. 100, fig. 111.
citation
<em>Kunstschätze aus Iran: Kunstschätze aus Iran von der prähistorischen bis zur Islamischen Zeit : Kunsthaus Zürich, 27. Mai bis 5. August 1962</em>. Zürich: Das Kunsthaus, 1962.
page_number
Mentioned: cat. no. 371, p. 98
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. “Annual Report for 1961.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, vol. 49, no. 6, 1962, pp. 115–45.
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Referenced p.130-131
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 13
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 13
citation
Morant, Henry de, and Gérald Gassiot-Talabot. Histoire des arts décoratifs, des origines à nos jours. Suivie de Le design et les tendances actuelles. [Paris]: Hachette, 1970.
page_number
p. 131, rep. #215
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 6
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 13
creditline
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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2026-05-29 06:58:59.739000
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136826
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Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
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Near Eastern Art
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bronze, cast
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