Garment Decoration (""Clavi"")
Images of wine jugs and grape vines were common on clavi (vertical strips of ornamentation). While the meaning was probably secular, vases and vines later evolved into a religious motif symbolizing eternal life or the "Tree of Life."These "clavi" are characteristic of the mono...
Artifact
| id |
id
8615
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| contentType |
contentType
object
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| stage |
stage
normalized
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| provenance |
provenance
Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Kelekian [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1980, by gift.
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| rightsUri |
rightsUri
CC0
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| language |
language
en
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| pageCount |
pageCount
1
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| source |
source
import
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Source image fields (5)
| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_83.738_Fnt_BW.jpg |
|---|---|
| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_83.738_Fnt_BW.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_83.738_Fnt_BW.jpg |
| imageCount | 1 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/83.738 |
Terms
Medium
wool on linen