Feline Incense Burner

مبخرة سنّورية

Feline Incense Burner; Cleveland Museum of Art, accession 1948.308.

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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks

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A bronze censer in the shape of a feline (lion or tiger), perforated and cast; 1150–1200, Seljuk Khurasan, made of a body, head and tail. In the Cleveland Museum of Art. 1

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Arabesque· Girih· Hedwig glass· Islamic calligraphy· Islamic geometric patterns· Islamic lustreware· Kubachi ware· Mahmal

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  1. Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access
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islam.museum contributors. “Feline Incense Burner”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/object/mibkhara-sinnawriyya/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-18.

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