Incense burner

Lion with right foreleg resting on the head of an elephant. The two animals stand on a round platform with low sides and a scalloped edge. The platform is pierced with two small holes to either side of the lion. From the 1960s Mr. F. Momtaz (died 1985) and Mrs. F. Momtaz, Iran, Paris, and London, from the 1960s [1] To 1991 John Lawrence Fine Arts, London, to 1991 From 1991 Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from John Lawrence Fine Arts in 1991 Notes: [1] According to Mrs. F. Momtaz, the object was in the collection of her husband, a prominent dealer in Islamic art, during the 1960s. She and her husband left Iran in about 1950 and moved to Paris; around 1960 they moved to London, where, until his death in 1985, Mr. Momtaz had a gallery near Portobello Road (see Curatorial Note 3 in the object record). Freer Gallery of Art Collection Engaging the Senses (October 14, 2017 - ongoing) Masterworks of Indian Painting (December 13, 1997 to June 13, 1998) At the Margins (June 4 to November 30, 1997) South and South East Asian Art (May 9, 1993 to February 7, 2000) Mr. and Mrs. F. Momtaz John Lawrence Fine Arts, Inc.