Censer with a Lioness Hunting a Boar
Unknown Artist
Discovered hidden in a rock crevice, this censer was cast so that the smoke of the incense would emerge through the mouths and ears of the lioness and boar. An elephant worked in relief, rather than a Christian symbol, appears on its front.
Credit: Rogers Fund, 1944
6th-7th century
Bronze
13.2 x 10.4 cm
44.20a, b
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019
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