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Censer Handle with Virgin Orant in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, January 2010

Censer Handle with Virgin Orant in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, January 2010
Censer Handle with Virgin Orant
Copper alloy
Byzantine
Made 1200-1400
Inscribed in Greek: [initials for] Mother of God

Accession # 1999.519.11

In later Byzantine churches, incense was released from standing censers with large handles (katzen). On this handle, the Virgin is shown in the prayer pose that became traditional in the early Byzantine period.

Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.
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