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The Attarouthi Treasure - Censer by an unidentified artist

The Metropolitan Museum of ArtPublic domain

The Attarouthi Treasure - Censer

Unattributed · 500–650

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Recorded facts

Date

500–650

Medium

Silver and gilded silver with copper liner

Dimensions

Overall (without chain): 3 x 5 3/16 in. (7.6 x 13.1 cm) Overall (hanging with chain): 15 3/4 x 5 3/16 in. (40 x 13.1 cm) Diam. of foot: 2 3/16 in. (5.6 cm); 398.2g

Classification

Metalwork-Steel

Department

Medieval Art

Culture / origin

Byzantine

Credit line

Purchase, Rogers Fund and Henry J. and Drue E. Heinz Foundation, Norbert Schimmel, and Lila Acheson Wallace Gifts, 1986

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