id: 126088
accession number: 1948.308
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Feline Incense Burner, 1150–1200. Iran, Khurasan, Seljuq period of Iran (1037–1194). Copper alloy, cast, engraved, chased, and pierced; overall: 35.5 x 11 x 32.5 cm (14 x 4 5/16 x 12 13/16 in.); head: 17.8 x 9.5 x 12.5 cm (7 x 3 3/4 x 4 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1948.308
title: Feline Incense Burner
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creation date: 1150–1200
creation date earliest: 1150
creation date latest: 1200
current location: 116 Islamic
creditline: John L. Severance Fund
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culture: Iran, Khurasan, Seljuq period of Iran (1037–1194)
technique: Copper alloy, cast, engraved, chased, and pierced
department: Islamic Art
collection: Islamic Art
type: Metalwork
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measurements: Overall: 35.5 x 11 x 32.5 cm (14 x 4 5/16 x 12 13/16 in.); Head: 17.8 x 9.5 x 12.5 cm (7 x 3 3/4 x 4 15/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: The Exhibition of Persian Art: 7000 Years of Art in Iran
opening date: 1961-10-19T04:00:00
The Exhibition of Persian Art: 7000 Years of Art in Iran. Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France (organizer) (October 19, 1961-January 31, 1962).
title: Islam and the Medieval West
opening date: 1975-04-06T04:00:00
Islam and the Medieval West. University Art Museum, Binghamton, NY, Binghamton, NY (organizer) (April 6-May 4, 1975).
title: Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture
opening date: 1975-09-24T04:00:00
Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 24-November 16, 1975).
title: Art of the Islamic World (Islamic art rotation)
opening date: 2021-05-21T04:00:00
Art of the Islamic World (Islamic art rotation). The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (May 21, 2021-May 31, 2022).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Kunstschatze aus Iran. DIE WOCHE, Zurich, Switzerland (6/6/1962).', 'opening_date': '1962-06-06T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
(Heeramaneck Galleries, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
date: ?-1948
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1948-
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
“Part II. Annual Report Issue for the Year 1948.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 36, no. 6, 1949, pp. 111–142.
page number: Mentioned: p. 117
url: www.jstor.org/stable/25141566
Shepherd, Dorothy G. "A Lion Incense Burner of the Seljuk Period". The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art. 44 (6): 115-118.
page number: Reproduced: cover & p. 117; Mentioned: p. 115-118
url: www.jstor.org/stable/25142215
The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 707
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n129
Persian Art Before And After the Mongol Conquest.: [Exhibition] April 9-May 17, 1959. the University of Michigan, Museum of Art, Ann Arbor. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan, Museum of Art, 1959.
page number: Mentioned: cat. no. 46, p. 30; Reproduced: p. 57
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Ghirshman, Roman. Sept mille ans d'art en Iran: Petit Palais, Octobre 1961-Janvier 1962. Paris: Association francaise d’action artistique, 1961.
page number: Reproduced: p. 176, pl. CVIII
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Kühnel, Ernst. Islamische Kleinkunst: ein Handbuch für Sammler und Liebhaber. Braunschweig: Klinkhardt & Biermann, 1963.
page number: Reproduced ill no. 127; Mentioned: p 166-167
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
page number: Reproduced: p. 208
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n232
Educational Research Council of Greater Cleveland, The Human Adventure, III: Medieval Civilization. Grade 5, Vol. 3 (1st edition, 1965-1966)
page number: Reproduced: p. 71
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Melikian-Chirvani, Assadullah Souren. Le griffon iranien de Pise Matériaux pour un corpus de l'argenterie et du bronze iraniens III. Wiesbaden: [s.n.], 1968.
page number: Reproduced: p. 72; Mentioned: p. 71-73
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Grabar, Oleg. "The Visual Arts, 1050-1350." Cambridge History of Iran. 5 (1968): 626-658.
page number: Reproduced: pl 11; Mentioned: p. 645
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
page number: Reproduced: p. 208
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n232
Kühnel, Ernst and Katherine Watson, translator. Islamic Arts. London: Bell, 1970.
page number: Reproduced: fig.127; Mentioned: p. 161
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page number: Reproduced: p. 264
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n284
Zorzi, Alvise. Marco Polo: Venezia E L'oriente. Milano: Electa, 1981.
page number: Reproduced: p. 114; Mentioned: p 118p.
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Baer, Eva. Metalwork in Medieval Islamic Art. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1983.
page number: Reproduced: fig. 41; Mentioned: p. 57
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Isurāmu jidai no dosei hakogata kōro [イスラーム時代の土製箱型香炉 = Clay cuboid incense burners of the Islamic period]. Nara-shi: Shiruku Rōdo-gaku Kenkyū Sentā, 2006.
page number: Reproduced: p. 101
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"Clay Cuboid Incense Burners of the Islamic Period," Bulletin of the Research Center for Silk Roadology 25 (2009) 101.
page number: p. 101
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Mackie, Louise W. Symbols of Power: Luxury Textiles from Islamic Lands, 7th-21st Century. Cleveland; New Haven: Cleveland Museum of Art; Yale University Press, 2015.
page number: Reproduced: P. 132, fig. 4.2; Mentioned: P. 33, 133
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Gertsman, Elina and Barbara H. Rosenwein. The Middle Ages in 50 Objects. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018.
page number: Mentioned: p. 22-25; Reproduced: p. 23
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Cleveland Museum of Art. The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: pp. 226–227
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