Lot 195
195
A TOMBAK INCENSE BURNER
PROPERTY FROM A GERMAN FAMILY COLLECTION
A TOMBAK INCENSE BURNER

OTTOMAN TURKEY, 19TH CENTURY

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A TOMBAK INCENSE BURNER
OTTOMAN TURKEY, 19TH CENTURY
Set on a round tray with upturned rim and three rounded feet, domed base through short shaft to rounded body with hinged dome-shaped lid, all with diagonal moulded facets, the lid pierced and with pyramidal terminal and knop finial
10in. (25.3cm.) high

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Lot Essay

A closely related incense burner in the Yapi Kredi Bank collection is dated by Fulya Bodur to the last quarter of the 19th century (Fulya Bodur, Türk Maden Sanati, The Art of Turkish Metalworking, Istanbul, 1987, no.A.87, p.127).

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