id:			126088
accession number:	1948.308
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1948.308
updated:		2019-11-18 10:22:59.519000

Feline incense burner, 1100s. Eastern Iran, western Afghanistan, or Turkmenistan, Khorasan. Copper alloy, cast and chased; 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:			1100s
creation date earliest:		1100
creation date latest:		1196
current location:		116 Islamic
creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	eastern Iran, western Afghanistan, or Turkmenistan, Khorasan
technique:	copper alloy, cast and chased
department:	Islamic Art
collection:	Islamic Art
type:		Metalwork
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catalogue raisonne: 

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CREATORS

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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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inscriptions:

	inscription:	Qur'an sura al-jum'ah (The Friday Congregation) 62:9-10 (on neck and spine)
	translation:	
	remark:		

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture
	opening date:   1975-09-24T04:00:00
	<i>Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (September 24-November 16, 1975).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

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wall description: 
The head of this lion could be removed to fill its body with hot coals and incense; the pierced walls enabled the scented smoke to disperse. Inscriptions around the lion's neck and along his spine are from the Koran (62:9-10) and read in part: "O believers, when proclamation is made for prayer on the Day of Congregation, hasten to God's remembrance and leave trafficking aside . . . then, when the prayer is finished, disperse through the land and seek God's bounty, and remember God frequently that you may prosper."
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 707
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n129

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 208
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n232

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 208
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n232

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 264
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n284

	Mackie, Louise W. <em>Symbols of Power: Luxury Textiles from Islamic Lands, 7th-21st Century</em>. Cleveland; New Haven: Cleveland Museum of Art; Yale University Press, 2015.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 132; Mentioned: p. 133
	url:		

	Gertsman, Elina and Barbara H. Rosenwein. <em>The Middle Ages in 50 Objects</em>. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 22-25; Reproduced: p. 23
	url:		

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