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Feline-Handled Incense Burner

Feline-Handled Incense Burner

c. 100 CE
(?), Parthian Empire (247 BCE–224 CE)
bronze, cast
Overall: 11.6 x 30 cm (4 9/16 x 11 13/16 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1961.32
Location: 102A Ancient Near East

Description

The Parthians were a world power rivaling the Romans from 100 BC until about AD 200. They were succeeded in Iran by the Sasanians.
  • Bahrami, Mehdi. “Courrier D'art De Téhéran: Encensoir De Bronze De L'époque Parthe.” Artibus Asiae, vol. 11, no. 4, 1948, pp. 288–292. Mentioned: pp. 288-292; Reproduced: p. 289, figs. 1 and 2 www.jstor.org
    Ghirshman, Roman. Iran : From the Earliest times to the Islamic Conquest. Baltimore: Penguin, 1954. Discussed p. 281, Reproduced pl. 38b
    Vanden Berghe, Louis, and Roman Ghirshman. Archéologie de l'Iran ancien. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1959. Discussed p. 97, Reproduced Pl. 124b
    Musée du Petit Palais (Paris, France), and Roman Ghirshman. Sept Mille Ans D'art En Iran: [Exposition] Petit Palais, Octobre 1961 - Janvier 1962. [Paris]: Petit Palais, 1961. no. 737, p. 125
    Ghirshman, Roman. Iran: Parthians and Sassanians. [London]: Thames and Hudson, 1962. p. 100, fig. 111.
    Kunstschätze aus Iran: Kunstschätze aus Iran von der prähistorischen bis zur Islamischen Zeit : Kunsthaus Zürich, 27. Mai bis 5. August 1962. Zürich: Das Kunsthaus, 1962. Mentioned: cat. no. 371, p. 98
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. “Annual Report for 1961.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 49, no. 6, 1962, pp. 115–45. Referenced p.130-131 www.jstor.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 13 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 13 archive.org
    Morant, Henry de, and Gérald Gassiot-Talabot. Histoire des arts décoratifs, des origines à nos jours. Suivie de Le design et les tendances actuelles. [Paris]: Hachette, 1970. p. 131, rep. #215
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 6 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991. Reproduced: p. 13 archive.org
  • Year in Review (1961). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 1-26, 1961).
    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); Villa Hügel, Essen, Germany (February 16-April 24, 1962); Kunsthaus Zürich, CH-8024 Zürich, Switzerland (May 17-July 22, 1962); Gemeentemuseum den Haag, The Hague, Netherlands (September 4-November 18, 1962); MAK, the Österreichisches Museum für angewandte Kunst/Gegenwartskunst, Vienna, Austria (January 16-March 31, 1963).
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