A niello decorated cast bronze incense burner, Khorasan, Iran, 11th-12th century, cast bronze with engraved and punched decoration with niello, knop-head lid with central vertical aperture, carved with foliate kufic band on lid and scrolling palmettes on body, old collector's number written under foot 'MTW 328', inscriptions repeat of: ‘Perpetual glory’, 9cm. high x 6cm. diam. Provenance: Private Collection Oliver Hoare (1945-2018). Published: Oliver Hoare, Every Object Tells a Story, London,
A niello decorated cast bronze incense burner, Khorasan, Iran, 11th-12th century, cast bronze with engraved and punched decoration with niello, knop-head lid with central vertical aperture, carved with foliate kufic band on lid and scrolling palmettes on body, old collector's number written under foot 'MTW 328', inscriptions repeat of: ‘Perpetual glory’, 9cm. high x 6cm. diam. Provenance: Private Collection Oliver Hoare (1945-2018). Published: Oliver Hoare, Every Object Tells a Story, London,
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