A MAMLUK-REVIVAL CAIROWARE COPPER AND SILVER-INLAID OPENWORK BRASS INCENSE BURNER WITH STAND
Cairo, Egypt, first half 20th century

The removable, pierced, bulbous lid reminiscent in shape of an architectural Islamic mosque dome with a pointy finial bearing a crescent moon at the top, surmounting a short cylindrical base resting on a stand with sloping legs, the exterior inlaid in copper and silver sheet and wire in traditional Mamluk revival style, a production typical of 20th-century Cairo (Cairoware) and Damascus (Damascus ware), decorated with alternating hexagonal medallions, some bearing calligraphy, others with knotwork, strapwork, and Y-shaped geometric grids, further intertwined vegetal bands and foliate motifs around the lower end of the lid and on the edges of the cylindrical base.

15cm diameter and 34cm high