Incense Burner

Vase

29-157-34A

From: India

Curatorial Section: Asian

Object Number 29-157-34A
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Indian | Qajar (uncertain)
Provenience India
Section Asian
Materials Brass
Technique Pierced
Inscription Language Persian Language
Description

One of a pair of colossal vases or incense burners. Pierced brass. In shape of round drums on stem pedestals with tall necks rising from the top. Inscriptions, figures, and animals decorate the surface of the piece.

Height 131 cm
Width 50 cm
Credit Line Gift of Miss Lydia T. Morris, 1919

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