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Statue of a lion, research resources

From CIF guide Nahid Khan, some researched connections to our Statue of a lion.

I was doing a bit of reading and came across images in different books of lion figures from Islamic arts, and it might be relevant for the golden lion statuette from Muslim Spain.
Lion figure, presumably intended as a fountain head, 11th century CE, Cairo, Museum of Islamic Art (4305)
Couldn’t find on museum web site; doesn’t seem to have a feature that enables searching for specific objects.
Published in Arts of the City Victorious: Islamic Art and Architecture in Fatimid North Africa and Egypt, by Jonathan M. Bloom. Yale University Press / Institute of Ismaili Studies, 2007 (p. 98).
Lion de Monzon, 1000 – 1250 CE, Monzon de Palencia, Espagne
bouche de fontaine
Musee du Louvre
(This one obviously seems especially relevant … )
Incense burner (feline), 12th century CE, Iran
Houston Museum of Fine Arts
Feline Incense Burner, 1100s, Central Asian region
Cleveland Museum of Art
Islamic bronze incense burner (feline), 11th century CE, region not specified (but I’m guessing Central Asia, because of similarity to the above objects with the exception of the one at the Louvre)
Phoenix Ancient Art (art dealer)
 Here are the links to the three feline / lion shaped incense burners from Iran at the MMA for the object file on the golden lion statuette from Muslim Spain:
Feline-shaped Incense Burner (of Amir Saif al-Dunya wa’l-Din ibn Muhammad al-Mawardi)
Dated A.H. 577 / A.D. 1181-82. Iran (Taybad).
Incense Burner (zoomorphic / feline).
12th century. Iran (probably Hamadan).
Incense Burner in the shape of a lion.
11th – 12th century. Eastern Iran or Afghanistan.

 

 


The Kangxi Emperor Scroll

From your colleague Kathleen Steiger, an informative video:

The Kangxi Emperor Scroll

The Kangxi Emperor’s Southern Inspection Tour’ is an ingenious creation depicting the lives and lands of 17th century Southern China. Part of an original monumental work comprising 12 scrolls, Scroll VI was cut into seven fragments and separated in the early 20th century. Professor Claudia Brown, custodian of Scroll VI at Phoenix Art Museum, discusses this masterful artwork with Sotheby’s Chairman Kevin Ching. Learn how the scroll was created and discover the hidden meaning behind the colours and characters. As the centrepiece of our ‘Fine Classical Chinese Paintings’ (8 October | Hong Kong) pre-sale exhibition, Sotheby’s will unveil this precious and prized treasure to the public for the first time in over a century.


Gender Power Workshop, October 29-30, 2020

From your colleague Jennifer Orton, an interesting free workshop through Northern Clay, 5:30 to 8:30 PM, October 29 and 30:

GENDER/POWER WORKSHOP WITH MAYA CIARROCCHI & KRIS GREY


Innovative Prints by Mary Cassatt and British Modernists: Insider Insights

From your colleague Kathleen Steiger, a video from the Met:

Innovative Prints by Mary Cassatt and British Modernists | Insider Insights

Learn about Mary Cassatt’s groundbreaking color aquatints and a dynamic series of linocuts produced by early-20th-century British artists in this discussion with Met experts in conjunction with the exhibition Selections from the Department of Drawings and Prints: Collectors’ Collections.