Censer with a Lioness Hunting a Boar, 6th–7th century, Made in Byzantine Egypt, Coptic, Bronze, Overall: 5 3/16 x 4 1/8 x 2 1/16 in. (13.2 x 10.4 x 5.3 cm), Metalwork-Bronze, Discovered hidden in a rock crevice, this censer was cast so that the smoke of the incense would emerge through the mouths and ears of the lioness and boar. An elephant worked in relief, rather than a Christian symbol, appears on its front
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Censer, Lioness Hunting, Boar, 6th–7th century, Byzantine Egypt, Coptic, Bronze, Overall, 5 3/16 x 4 1/8 2 1/16, 13.2 10.4 5.3 cm, Metalwork-Bronze, Discovered hidden, rock crevice, censer, cast, smoke, incense, emerge, mouths, ears, lioness, boar, elephant worked, relief, Christian symbol, front
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