The Attarouthi Treasure - Censer

Unknown

500–650 · Silver and gilded silver with copper liner · Medieval Art

With a youthful Christ with a cruciform halo, Saint John the Forerunner, the Virgin Mary in orant pose, a deacon saint (probably Saint Stephen), and crosses Inscribed in Greek: For the sake of the repose of the soul[s] of Ertha and Stephen, children of Kyriakos Saint John the Forerunner's long hair and beard refers to his time in the Judean wilderness before his baptism of Christ (Matthew 3:1–12, John 1:1–34).

Artist

Unknown

Date

500–650

Medium

Silver and gilded silver with copper liner

Culture

Byzantine

Department

Medieval Art

Credit line

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