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Siver incens burner

Siver incens burner





Artist : Anonymous

Model : Sphinx
Relationship with : Lion
Aphrodite

Date : approx. between 360 and 340 B.C.

Material : Silver
Acquisition : Lent by Shelby White and Leon Levy (1997)
Item 51 on 53
Greek Antiquities
Object

Vitrine : V05

Area related
Greece

Description   

The incense burner is in two pieces. The stand consists in a square supported by four sphinxes terminating by lion's paw. There is an inscription on the inner disk dedicating the burner to the holy Aphrodite.
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Siver incens burner
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