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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Censer Frame, Inhabited Vine Scroll, 6th century, Syria, Byzantine, Copper alloy, Overall, 6 5/8 x 5 3/8, 16.8 13.7 cm, Metalwork-Copper, cavorting, putti, vine scroll, represent, good life, associated, retinue, Dionysos, classical god, wine, Fragrant incense, burned, hot coals, lost liner
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