TALL POLISHED BRASS VINTAGE PERSIAN / MIDDLE EASTERN INCENSE BURNER - PIERCED METAL FLORAL GRANDEUR
AN ABSOLUTELY SUPERB AND ELEGANT ITEM OF INTENSE AND AWE INSPIRING BEAUTY
THIS WORK OF BRASS ART IS A MAGNIFICENT EXAMPLE OF OUTSTANDING SKILL AND IDEAL DECORATIVE SPLENDOR. A TALL FLOOR STANDING PERSIAN / MIDDLE EASTERN INCENSE BURNER CRAFTED ENTIRELY OF SOLID BRASS AND POLISHED TO A HIGH DEGREE OF EXQUISITE RADIANCE.
THE ITEM IS DIVIDED INTO THREE SEPARATE PARTS WHICH FIT COMFORTABLY AND SECURELY TOGETHER. THE CENTRAL BODY STANDS UPON A TRUMPET SHAPED AND GRADUATED STAND/BASE WHICH IS DECORATED WITH A REPOUSSE LINEAR PATTERN. AFTER NARROWING EVER SO GENTLY INTO AN ELEGANT STEM THE BASE THEN PROGRESSES OUTWARDS TO FORM THE PIERCED METAL BEAUTY OF THE MAIN BODY WHICH IS BUN SHAPED. GORGEOUS FLORAL AND FOLIATE PATTERNS HAVE BEEN USED TO DECORATE THE ENTIRE SURFACE UNTIL THE CENTRAL BODY THEN PROGRESSES FURTHER TO BECOME A SOLID BRASS GRADUATED SURFACE DECORATED WITH ETCHED MIDDLE EASTERN PATTERNS. SHORTLY THEREAFTER THE PIERCED METAL DESIGN CONTINUES AS THE ITEMS NECK BEGINS. A BUN SHAPED NODULE HAS BEEN USED FOR STABILITY AND BEAUTY AT THE TOP OF THIS FIRST PIECE AND IT TOO HAS BEEN ETCHED WITH MIDDLE EASTERN PATTERNS. THE SECOND PIECE OF THE ITEM FITS INTO THE CENTRAL BODY A SHORT MEASUREMENT ABOVE THIS NODULE. AND IT ALSO IS BEAUTIFULLY DECORATED WITH PIERCED METAL PATTERNS MATCHING THE BODY. AT THE APEX OF THIS TALL AND ELEGANT NECK PIECE A CHAIN IS ATTACHED TO A CONE SHAPED BRASS LID DECORATED WITH A LINEAR REPOUSSE PATTERN.
THIS GORGEOUS DECORATIVE ITEM IS TALL ENOUGH TO FUNCTION AS A FLOOR STANDING ITEM BUT MAY ALSO BE PLACED TO GREAT EFFECT UPON A TABLE ETC
STAMPS/MARKS ETC : THE ITEM IS NOT STAMPED OR MARKED
LINKS/EXAMPLES ETC :
http://www.theoldbazaar.com/items/1286623/Tall-Carved-Persian-Brass-Incense-Burner-Lamp
https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/asian-art-furniture/metalwork/tall-persian-polished-brass-decorative-urn/id-f_4998123/
https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/decorative-objects/elegant-tall-moroccan-polished-brass-incense-burner/id-f_810355/
CONDITION : THE ITEM IS IN PERFECT CONDITION WITH NO DENTS, RUST, OXIDATION, DAMAGES OR BREAKAGES
SIZE : 89cm HEIGHT OVERALL.....83cm HEIGHT WITHOUT LID.....20cm DIAMETER OF BASE.....21.5cm DIAMETER OF BODY ..... 7.6cm DIAMETER OF RIM
POSTAGE : Collection Possible. Postage method is Buyers Choice
SAPO R50
This item may be combined with ANY other items up to 5kg for ONE standard postage fee
