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Censer Frame with Inhabited Vine Scroll

6th century
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 301
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.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • 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
  • Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters

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