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Censer from Lladó

Gold and silver work

Anonymous

6th - 7th centuries

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A liturgical object designed for burning the incense in churches and spreading, at the same time, its perfume during the celebrations of the services of the holy liturgy in accordance with the ancient tradition of the Christian church. Structurally, it presents a container with a hexagonal body, with no lid, held by three lengths of chain, of double rings, mounted on the backs of facing symmetrical birds, which come together in a larger central circular ring, and they are joined above in one large ring to hang it or make it swing when spreading the incense. The flat sides of the container have concentric circles and round dots at the angles between moulded edges, and they stand on three lion's paws. By its shape, the metal and the technique used in making it, and the ornamentation it has, we may consider this item of furnishing to be linked to the commercial spread around the Mediterranean of the arts of the Byzantine court in the 6th and 7th centuries.

Llegir més

Location

Room19 ,Floor2

18 Leather

19 Gold, Silver and Metalworking Arts

20 Forge Work

21 Ceramics

22 Study Galleries

Detalls de l’obra

PLACE OF EXECUTION

Coptic Egypt or Syria or Constantinople

PERIOD

6th - 7th centuries

Material

Bronze cast and stamped

Dimensions

11 x 17 x 15 cm

Origin

From the cemetery of Sant Feliu in Lladó (Alt Empordà)

WORK NUMBER

MEV 3746