Censer Frame with Inhabited Vine Scroll, 6th century, Made in Syria, Byzantine, Copper alloy, Overall: 6 5/8 x 5 3/8 in. (16.8 x 13.7 cm), Metalwork-Copper alloy, 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.

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Caption: Censer Frame with Inhabited Vine Scroll, 6th century, Made in Syria, Byzantine, Copper alloy, Overall: 6 5/8 x 5 3/8 in. (16.8 x 13.7 cm), Metalwork-Copper alloy, 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

Credit: Album / quintlox

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Image size: 3192 × 3819 px | 34.9 MB

Print size: 27.0 × 32.3 cm | 1256.7 × 1503.5 in (300 dpi)

Keywords: 16.8 13.7 CM • 6 5/8 X 5 3/8 • 6TH CENTURY • ASSOCIATE • ASSOCIATED • BAGGAGE TRAIN • BEVERAGE: WINE • BURNED • BURNT • BYZANTINE • CAVORTING • CENSER FRAME • CLASSICAL GOD • COPPER ALLOY • COVERALL • DIONYSOS • FRAGRANT INCENSE • GOOD LIFE • HOT COALS • INHABITED VINE SCROLL • JUMPSUIT • LINKED • LOST LINER • METALWORK-COPPER • OVERALL • PUTTI • REPRESENT • RETINUE • SYRIA • VINE SCROLL • WINE