Object Image

Censer with a Lioness Hunting a Boar

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 10.4cm
44.20a, b
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019

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