Lot Essay
A very similar incense burner, catalogued as circa 1600, is in a private collection in London (published in Petsopoulos (ed.), 1982, no.50, p.48).
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TURKEY, CIRCA 1600
Details
AN OTTOMAN GILT-COPPER (TOMBAK) INCENSE BURNER
TURKEY, CIRCA 1600
With hinged openwork lid and curved, faceted handle, the lid with a central register of trefoil palmettes, smaller trefoils and arabesques above and below
8 ¼in. (20.9cm.) high
TURKEY, CIRCA 1600
With hinged openwork lid and curved, faceted handle, the lid with a central register of trefoil palmettes, smaller trefoils and arabesques above and below
8 ¼in. (20.9cm.) high
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