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Bird-shaped incense burner
(مبخرة بشكل طائر)

Title	Bird-shaped incense burner
Title Original	مبخرة بشكل طائر
Publication Date:	Late fifth to late sixth century AH / twelfth century AD
Publication Place	- Saint Louis Art Museum
Subject	Bronze
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	الطول :18.1 سم × العرض : 8.6 سم × القطر : 22.2 سم ، الوزن : 0.7 كغ
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	245:1952
Record ID	object;EPM;us;Mus24;12;ar
Library Location	Saint Louis Art Museum
Date	Late fifth to late sixth century AH / twelfth century AD
Notes	The incense burner is a piece of hollow cast bronze in the shape of a bird with a flat head. It is oval in section and has a hooked beak that reaches a non-pointed head. The eyes on both sides of the head are two incomplete concentric circles containing a repeating design that look like arcs around a comma and surrounding a circular hole. There is a V-shaped opening on the upper center of the head, which takes a curved shape framing the sides of the head. The bird is short and has a slightly curved neck decorated with a slightly cut rope-like mesh pattern and also many irregularly spaced circular holes that continue to the V-shaped back. The teardrop-shaped wings are flat at the sides and cut with areas for feathers and small drawn triangles and hexagonal cells. The flat chest contains a square drawer with a thin semi-oval handle or I will withdraw. There is a large, thick projection under the wings, and the upper part of the body, which increases in width but decreases in thickness, becomes the bird's tail. There are two grooves made in the center of the edge of the tail, which are cut into feathers in a similar way to the one on the ends of the wings. There are two square axes connected to the bottom of the body for the legs, and in the middle they taper sharply to become two cylinders. Each cylinder is attached to a wide, flat foot with three toes and a long hind claw.
Sample Text	“Bird-shaped incense burner” within Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;us;Mus24;12;ar

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Bird-shaped incense burner

(مبخرة بشكل طائر)

Publication Date Late fifth to late sixth century AH / twelfth century AD

Publication Place - Saint Louis Art Museum

Subject Bronze

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions الطول :18.1 سم × العرض : 8.6 سم × القطر : 22.2 سم ، الوزن : 0.7 كغ

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID 245:1952

Record ID object;EPM;us;Mus24;12;ar

Library Location Saint Louis Art Museum

Date Late fifth to late sixth century AH / twelfth century AD

Notes The incense burner is a piece of hollow cast bronze in the shape of a bird with a flat head. It is oval in section and has a hooked beak that reaches a non-pointed head. The eyes on both sides of the head are two incomplete concentric circles containing a repeating design that look like arcs around a comma and surrounding a circular hole. There is a V-shaped opening on the upper center of the head, which takes a curved shape framing the sides of the head. The bird is short and has a slightly curved neck decorated with a slightly cut rope-like mesh pattern and also many irregularly spaced circular holes that continue to the V-shaped back. The teardrop-shaped wings are flat at the sides and cut with areas for feathers and small drawn triangles and hexagonal cells. The flat chest contains a square drawer with a thin semi-oval handle or I will withdraw. There is a large, thick projection under the wings, and the upper part of the body, which increases in width but decreases in thickness, becomes the bird's tail. There are two grooves made in the center of the edge of the tail, which are cut into feathers in a similar way to the one on the ends of the wings. There are two square axes connected to the bottom of the body for the legs, and in the middle they taper sharply to become two cylinders. Each cylinder is attached to a wide, flat foot with three toes and a long hind claw.

Sample Text “Bird-shaped incense burner” within Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;us;Mus24;12;ar