Censer

Description In the Early Byzantine period, the burning of incense, common during Christian church services, also accompanied private worship in the home. The aromatic scent honored God and the saints, and was also thought to ward off evil spirits. This hanging censer (incense burner) was intended for private devotion, as is clear from the Greek inscription that names its owner, a woman.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
3/29/1961	Treatment	repaired; cleaned; coated

Provenance Joseph Brummer, Paris and New York, by purchase; Sale, Parke-Bernet, New York, May 11, 1949, no. 312; Walters Art Museum, 1949, by purchase.

Inscriptions [Transcription] Κύριε, βοήθι Καλλερωῆ; [Translation] Lord, help Kalleroe

Credit Museum purchase, 1949