The Attarouthi Treasure - Wine Strainer
Before pouring wine into chalices for the Eucharist service, the deacons of the Attarouthi church would have strained it to remove impurities. This wine strainer is pierced with the Greek initials for Jesus Christ: I (Iēsous) and X (Christos). Called a Christogram, it adds sacred symbolism to a practical liturgical tool.
Artwork Details
- Title: The Attarouthi Treasure - Wine Strainer
- Date: 500–650
- Geography: Made in Attarouthi, Syria
- Culture: Byzantine
- Medium: Silver
- Dimensions: Overall (funnel and strainer): 2 5/16 × 6 15/16 × 3 7/8 in., 6oz. (5.8 × 17.6 × 9.8 cm, 169g)
Overall (strainer only): 3 9/16 × 1 1/16 in., 1.8oz. (9.1 × 2.7 cm, 52g)
weight of funnel without strainer: 4.1oz. (117g) - 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: 1986.3.14
- Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters
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