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  title info:
    title: Zoomorphic incense burners of medieval Khurasan
    sub title: a study of Islamic metalwork
  name:
    name part: Kelly, Elizabeth C.
    name part: (Art historian)
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: enk
    date issued: 2024
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: xxx, 330 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 30 cm.
  abstract: Zoomorphic incense burners were produced in medieval Khurasan between c.441-597/1050-1200. This book examines their role, function and meaning. It includes a database with defined classification criteria that enables them to be contextualized with other contemporaneous metalwork. Multicultural medieval Khurasan prospered from mercantile activities facilitated by the trade routes. The increased wealth, including middle-class patronage, movement of artisans and goods, along with the resultant transcultural exchanges, all contributed towards a changing aesthetic in artwork that reflect interests and lifestyles. The zoomorphic incense burners that emerged during this time displayed a hybridized iconography of feline and equine characteristics. The analysis indicates they are associated with symbols of power, sovereignty, the military and hunting. Their decorative palmette motifs provide representations of esfand, a plant considered to have talismanic and apotropaic properties known for inducing bravery among warriors.
  note: Elizabeth C. Kelly.
  note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-330).
  subject:
    geographic code: a-ir---
  subject:
    topic: Incense burners and containers
    geographic: Iran
    geographic: Khurāsān (Province)
  subject:
    topic: Islamic art
    geographic: Iran
    geographic: Khurāsān (Province)
  subject:
    topic: Islamic metal-work
    geographic: Iran
    geographic: Khurāsān (Province)
  subject:
    topic: Animals in art
  classification: NK6078 .K45 2024
  classification: 745.72
  related item:
    title info:
      title: BAR international series ; 3166
  identifier: 9781407353685
  identifier: 1407353683
  identifier: 9781407353739
  identifier: 2023527393
  record info:
    record content source: DLC
    record creation date: 240611
    record change date: 20241021192401.9
    record identifier: in00005506778