censer
- Museum number
- 1995,0909.1
- Description
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Censer; cast; copper-alloy; round bulbous body with high inverted foot and five lugs on rim; the body decorated in low relief with scenes from the life of Christ, the only identifiable scenes being the Presentation in the Temple, Crucifixion and Women at the Tomb; on the inside of the foot, a cruciform motif.
- Production date
- 8thC-10thC
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 119 millimetres (max)
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Height: 107 millimetres (incl. lug)
- Curator's comments
- For parallels: I. Richer-Siebels, Die palästinensischen Weihrauchgefässe mit Reliefszenen aus dem Leben Christi (Berlin 1990).
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1995
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1995,0909.1