An Islamic metalwork pomander in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

• Autores: Stephanie McClure
• Localización: Burlington magazine, ISSN 0007-6287, Vol. 153, Nº 1300, 2011, págs. 444-446
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The article describes an Islamic metalwork falcon in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. It was identified as an incense burner from 18th- or 19th-century Iran, but the author suggests that it may be a pomander, used to spread scent into the air, from the 12th-century Seljuk period. The author compares the metalwork falcon to a brass hawk pomander from 12th- or 13th-century Persia and an incense burner shaped like a duck from 12th-century Iran.