Incense Burner with Domed Cover, 8th–9th century, Attributed to Iran, Bronze; cast, pierced, and incised, H. 5 3/8 in. (13.6 cm), Metal, Incense burners like this one were popularly used in the late antique and Byzantine eastern Mediterranean, and their production continued into the Islamic period. In Christian contexts, incense was used in church services, while in the Islamic world it seems to have been used by caliphs in their palaces and by elites in their homes
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Incense Burner, Domed Cover, 8th–9th century, Attributed, Iran, Bronze, cast, pierced, incised, H, 5 3/8, 13.6 cm, Metal, burners, popularly, late antique, Byzantine eastern, Mediterranean, production continued, Islamic period, Christian contexts, incense, church services, world, seems, caliphs, palaces, elites, homes
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