Lot 148
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AN AYYUBID CAST BRASS INCENSE BURNER BASE
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AN AYYUBID CAST BRASS INCENSE BURNER BASE

SYRIA, 13TH CENTURY

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AN AYYUBID CAST BRASS INCENSE BURNER BASE
SYRIA, 13TH CENTURY
Of cylindrical form with raised band above and below, resting on three hoof feet and legs, the sides engraved and originally inlaid depicting ten figures of saints each within an arcade with diaper pattern spandrels, one side with a quatrefoil cartouche for fitting the original handle, surface considerably rubbed, associated lead liner
4 1/8in. (10.3cm.) high
Provenance
The Madina Collection, gift of Camilla Chandler Frost
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VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium

Lot Essay

Four other incense burner bases are published with Christian imagery, although each of them has a different arrangement from the others. These are now in the British Museum, the Museum für Islamische Kunst, Berlin, the Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh, and the Cleveland Museum of Art. (E. Baer: Ayyubid Metalwork with Christian Imagery, Leiden, 1989, pls.1-20). The Berlin example is the clsoest to the present lot, in condition as well as icongraphy.

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