Incense pot. Made of clay. Rounded bowl with a circular hollow base with a triangular hole in the side for the flame to be placed. Painted on the exterior in red and black in a triangular and stripe pattern. [Alicia Bell [OPS move] 28/06/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Incense pot. Made of clay. Rounded bowl with a circular hollow base with a triangular hole in the side for the flame to be placed. Painted on the exterior in red and black in a triangular and stripe pattern. [Alicia Bell [OPS move] 28/06/2016]
Long description: Incense pot made of cream clay. Coiled and painted [RJ 12/3/2003] Description added by [RJ 12/3/2003] - Four-footed incense pot. The feet are pointed with little grooves at their tips. A handle is attached to one of them and the side of the vessel. There is a flat platform where the incense should be placed at the top of the vessel. Then there is a hollow neck at the bottom of which, inside, there is a floor with three rectangular holes cut into it. The rest of the vessel, between the neck and the feet, is hollow. This is probably where a candle is placed to heat the incense. The exterior has been painted in bright red paint and black paint with a pattern of triangles and lines. The incense platform has a red cross painted onto it.
Geographical reference: Oman
Asia > Western Asia > Oman; Zufar
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Gigi Crocker Jones; PRM source Gigi Crocker Jones
Date / Period: Date made: Before 2003
Date collected: By 2003
Acquisition information: Donated: 2003
Materials and processes: Material Clay, Material Pigment, Process Coiled, Process Painted
Dimensions: Diameter: max 143 mm, Height: max 95 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 2003.11.22 Other numbers: Field collector's catalogue number: Ceramic 27
Research and responses: More information on coiling technique - see record 2003.11.8 [RJ 22/1/2003]

Search terms: Pottery, Vessel, Dwelling, Incense-burner, House-ornament