Incense burner stand with three tiers of lotus petals
Date650-475 BCE
Periodlate Archaic
Object GeographyCyprus
CultureCypriote
Geography NotesSaid to be from Kourion, Cyprus, "in a vault"
MediumCopper alloy and lead (cast and soldered)
ClassificationMetalwork
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN28.2292
Incense burner stands with lotus petals were placed in tombs and appear in Phoenician scenes of worship. In Phoenician and Cypriot art the lotus may have symbolized rebirth, as in Egypt. Mounted on a wooden pole at the bottom, incense smoldered in a ceramic bowl (not preserved) on top.
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2400-2100 BCE
650-475 BCE
late 18th or early 19th century
14th century
