Votive Censer
Not on view
The charming small gold "censer" is one of a group of works made for the antiquarian market in the 1960’s that were later recognized as problematic due to structural details, including the use of drawn, not twisted, gold wire. Study of the censer and its related works will encourage a better understanding of medieval technology and recognition of how Syrian East Christian art was misidentified by some in the mid-twentieth century.
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