Pre-Islamic Iron Persian Bowl

OK, thanks to you I think I finally found what this object is, it's purpose, period, material everything...

This would have been a Persian Incense Burner, 11th to 12th century.

1. It would have been bronze
2. It had these odd looking animal feet

Here are two examples found.

My object does look a lot less refined, i.e. more primitive. Maybe made by a lesser trained person.. Maybe a century older, or just much more oxidized as it spent time in the ground..

Here are the links:

https://www.alamy.com/incense-burne...m-wt-356-oz-10094-g-metal-image344671532.html

https://www.alamy.com/incense-burne...m-wt-387-oz-10972-g-metal-image344671403.html

 

It’s a very interesting piece, and I haven’t seen anything like that. Thanks for sharing!