A PERSIAN BRONZE INCENSE BURNER in the form of a bird, with well-rounded body and depressed tail, the wings clearly delineated, the head with protruding eyes and with a branch clasped in its curved beak, the back with a shaped depression and pierced socket, the wings with pierced roundels with cruciform motifs and similar triangular terminals, the back of the body with a panel of similar pierced arabesques, a crescent shaped band with possible inscription around the neck, a square opening in the breast for the incense tray, Khorassan 12th century (small areas of restoration)