A LARGE AND IMPRESSIVE KHORASSAN ENGRAVED AND PIERCED BRONZE INCENSE BURNER IN THE FORM OF A LION

Lot 26
26.10.2023 10:30UTC +00:00
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Prix de départ
£ 400 000
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Lot 26 | A LARGE AND IMPRESSIVE KHORASSAN ENGRAVED AND PIERCED BRONZE INCENSE BURNER IN THE FORM OF A LION
Valeur estimée
£ 400 000 – 600 000
A LARGE AND IMPRESSIVE KHORASSAN ENGRAVED AND PIERCED BRONZE INCENSE BURNER IN THE FORM OF A LION

NORTH EAST IRAN, 12TH CENTURY

The body arranged as if the animal is startled, leaning back on its legs, the body pierced with an overall pattern of palmette vine, the upper part of each leg worked with similar designs, within a border of continuous very fine foliated kufic inscriptions, the tail rising over the body with elaborate foliate terminal, the hinged head and neck of pronounced form and similarly decorated

13 ½ (34.2cm.) high; 14 ¾in. (37.5cm.) long





Provenance

Private UK Collection, since 1999



Further details

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