Zoomorphic incense burners of medieval Khurasan. A study of Islamic metalwork
Key information
- Date
- Time
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7:00 pm
- Venue
- SOAS, Phillips Building
- Room
- Djam Lecture Theatre (DLT)
- Event type
- Lecture
About this event
With their hybridised iconography zoomorphic incense burners (ZIBs) are enigmatic objects. They were produced c.441–597/1050–1200 in Khurasan.
This lecture will introduce ZIBs and examine an aspect of what they may have meant to the people of that time and place.
The lecture will be chaired by Professor Scott Redford.
About the speaker
Dr Elizabeth C. Kelly is an independent researcher. Her research interests are on the
material culture of medieval Islamic world of Central Asia and the Middle East.
She has a PhD in History of Art and Archaeology, a Masters in History of Art and Architecture of the Islamic Middle East, a Postgraduate Diploma of Asian Art (India, China and Islamic Art) and a Certificate of Persian all from SOAS, University of
London.
Her book Zoomorphic Incense Burners of Medieval Khurasan. A study of Islamic metalwork was published by BAR Publishing, Oxford, in mid 2024.
Contact
Email: rw51@soas.ac.uk.
Image: Cleveland feline incense burner. No: 1948.308.a, Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio, USA.
