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An Islamic metalwork pomander in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
07/2011 | 1300 | 153
Pages: 444-446
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Author:
McClure, Stephanie (McClure, Stephanie)
Subjects
dates:
1100-1199
museums and institutions:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, United States
print:
Islamic sculpture
subjects:
Collections, Public / Islamic sculpture / Islamic art / Islamic / Iranian / Persian / Metalwork / Brass
subjects:
Pomanders
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
1. Pomander. Iran, Seljuk, twelfth century. Brass, cast, incised and pierced, 12.4 cm. high. (Metro­politan Museum of Art, New York).
Non-western art unattributed:
2. Side view of Fig.1.
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3. Detail of the rear view of Fig.1.
Non-western art unattributed:
4. Pomander. Probably Eastern Persia, twelfth or thirteenth century. Brass, cast, incised and pierced, 24.5 cm. high. (Private collection; courtesy of Sotheby’s Picture Library).
Non-western art unattributed:
5. Rear view of Fig.4.
Non-western art unattributed:
6. Incense burner. Iran, twelfth century. Bronze, 17.6 cm. high. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).