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The Attarouthi Treasure - Censer

500–650
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 300
With a youthful Christ with a cruciform halo, Saint John the Forerunner, the Virgin Mary in orant pose, a deacon saint (probably Saint Stephen), and crosses

Inscribed in Greek: For the sake of the repose of the soul[s] of Ertha and Stephen, children of Kyriakos

Saint John the Forerunner's long hair and beard refers to his time in the Judean wilderness before his baptism of Christ (Matthew 3:1–12, John 1:1–34).

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Attarouthi Treasure - Censer
  • Date: 500–650
  • Geography: Made in Attarouthi, Syria
  • Culture: Byzantine
  • Medium: Silver and gilded silver with copper liner
  • Dimensions: Overall (without chain): 3 3/8 x 5 3/16 x 4 15/16 in. (8.5 x 13.2 x 12.6 cm)
    Overall (hanging with chain): 16 5/16 x 5 3/16 x 4 15/16 in. (41.5 x 13.2 x 12.6 cm)
    Diam. of foot: 2 5/16 in. (5.8 cm); 355.7g
  • 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: 1986.3.12
  • Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters

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