Ciborium Fragment
This relief is a fragment of a ciborium, a free-standing stone canopy supported by columns, designed to cover the altar or baptismal font of a church. The relief shows two confronted peacocks, symbols of paradise and immortality in early Christian and Byzantine art, placed abo...
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4235
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sculpture
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normalized
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| provenance |
provenance
Christine Alexander (Mrs. Breckenridge Long), Rome and Laurel, Maryland [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1959, by bequest.
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CC0
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| language |
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en
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pageCount
1
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import
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| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_27.563_Fnt_DD_T07.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_27.563_Fnt_DD_T07.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_27.563_Fnt_DD_T07.jpg |
| imageCount | 1 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/27.563 |
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