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Incense burner in the form of a lion
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This incense burner combines the Indian sculptural tradition and the Islamic tradition of zoomorphic incense burners. To judge from two similar objects which have survived, this one would have stood on a circular platform with its raised paw resting on the head of a small elephant. The lid, which would have covered its back, is also missing. The incense would have been placed in the lion's body, and perfumed smoke would have been released from the holes in its chest, resembling beads on necklaces, and through its mouth, around its movable tongue. Notes from the Glory and Prosperity exhibition, Feb - June 2002.
Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art
Oscar Meyer Antiques Los Angeles CA? (by 1964) sold; to Fogg Art Museum 1964.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Friends of the Fogg Art Museum Fund
Title: Incense burner in the form of a lion
Description:
This incense burner combines the Indian sculptural tradition and the Islamic tradition of zoomorphic incense burners.
To judge from two similar objects which have survived, this one would have stood on a circular platform with its raised paw resting on the head of a small elephant.
The lid, which would have covered its back, is also missing.
The incense would have been placed in the lion's body, and perfumed smoke would have been released from the holes in its chest, resembling beads on necklaces, and through its mouth, around its movable tongue.
Notes from the Glory and Prosperity exhibition, Feb - June 2002.
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