An Old Chinese Purple Bronze Incense Burners, with Arabic Islamic Phrases

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An Old Purple Bronze Chinese Incense Burners, with Arabic Phrases, Made for the Islamic World.  Probably 18
th
Century
It is well-known that China has a long history of producing wonderful artworks
.
The Chinese knew that Muslims use incense quite a lot
.
So, they made incense burners acceptable by that world by carving Islamic phrases unto the censers to promote their sale
.
The usual phrases are written in the Chinses style of Arabic calligraphy. It is well known fact that the Chinese use brushes and not reeds in their calligraphy. Therefore, the script, employed in this way, will have flowy strokes to it as can be seen in the pictures
.
The burner sits on 3 feet, with two handles.  Height, including the handles is 9.2 cm; the diameter at the top is 7.5 cm; length at the bulge is 8 cm; weight: 8.8 ounces.  There are two identical Islamic phrases, one on each side of the burner:
سبحان الله
[Subhan Allah] (Glory to Gog).
In excellent condition. [code:In06]
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