A Censer
Cleveland Museum of Art

A Censer

Martin Schongauer (German, c. 1450–1491) · c. 1480–90

engraving
CC0 — Public Domain
Cleveland Museum of Art

The vine-like ornament that covers the openwork areas of this censer suggests a Christological metaphor of the grapes made into the Eucharist wine.

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