INCENSE-BURNER - Lot 28

Lot 28
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INCENSE-BURNER - Lot 28
INCENSE-BURNER Central Asia or Iran, Buyid or Samanid period, circa 10th century Grey schist or steatite, carved, on four feet. Handle attached. Size: 13.5 cm (length) For a similar example and discussion of this type of incense-burner and the incense trade between the Arabian Peninsula and the Iranian world, see Stereen Le Maguer-Gillon, "Typology of incense-burners of the Islamic period", art. in Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, vol. 41, Oxford, 2011, fig.9, p.182.
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