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Each of the six elegantly worked figures stands under an arcade. Christ is flanked by the apostles Peter and Paul, and the Virgin by archangels.The inscription indicates that this beautiful censer was given as a votive gift to a church or a shrine.
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Title: Censer with Six Holy Figures
Date: ca. 582–602
Geography: Made in Probably Constantinople
Culture: Byzantine
Medium: Silver, partly gilded
Dimensions: 3 1/2 x 5 3/16 in. (8.9 x 13.2 cm); 363.8g
Classification: Metalwork-Silver
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1985
Object Number: 1985.123
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