Vessel with pierced lid, possibly an incense burner

Details

• Title

  Vessel with pierced lid, possibly an incense burner

• Associated place

  Asia › Iran (place of creation)

• Date

  probably 12th century (1101 - 1200)

• Material and technique

  fritware, with pierced decoration under an opaque light-green glaze

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › glazed composition › stonepaste › fritware

• Technique index

  glazed

• Object type

  fire/fire-lighting equipment › burner › incense-burner;

  container › vessel

• Dimensions

  11.4 cm (height)
  13.8 cm (diameter)
  at foot 5.8 cm (diameter)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Gift of Gerald Reitlinger, 1978.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1978.2229

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