The Attarouthi Treasure - Censer
With a youthful Christ with a cruciform halo, two archangels, and crosses
Inscribed in Greek: Of Saint John of the village of Attaroutha
In early images of Christ he is always shown as a youth with short, curly hair. His halo is cruciform with three arms to represent the cross upon which he died. The flanking medallions containing archangels, the guardians of heaven, suggest that here Christ is shown in heaven.
Inscribed in Greek: Of Saint John of the village of Attaroutha
In early images of Christ he is always shown as a youth with short, curly hair. His halo is cruciform with three arms to represent the cross upon which he died. The flanking medallions containing archangels, the guardians of heaven, suggest that here Christ is shown in heaven.
Artwork Details
- Title: The Attarouthi Treasure - Censer
- Date: 500–650
- Geography: Made in Attarouthi, Syria
- Culture: Byzantine
- Medium: Silver and gilded silver with copper liner
- Dimensions: Overall (without chain): 3 1/4 x 5 3/16 in. (8.2 x 13.2 cm)
Overall (hanging with chain): 15 1/16 x 5 3/16 in. (38.2 x 13.2 cm)
Diam. of foot: 2 5/16 in. (5.9 cm); 565.4g - Classification: Metalwork-Silver
- Credit Line: Purchase, Rogers Fund and Henry J. and Drue E. Heinz Foundation, Norbert Schimmel, and Lila Acheson Wallace Gifts, 1986
- Object Number: 1986.3.11
- Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters
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