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The cavorting putti in the vine scroll represent the good life and may be associated with the retinue of Dionysos, the classical god of wine. Fragrant incense would have been burned on hot coals in the lost liner.
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Title: Censer Frame with Inhabited Vine Scroll
Date: 6th century
Geography: Made in Syria
Culture: Byzantine
Medium: Copper alloy
Dimensions: Overall: 6 5/8 x 5 3/8 in. (16.8 x 13.7 cm)
Classification: Metalwork-Copper alloy
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1963
Object Number: 63.150
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