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Source Description
This image is similar in size to ivory icons (e.g. WAM 71.158) but was used to decorate the interior of a church building. In its damaged state, it shows the amount of work that museum conservators have done in order reassemble such Byzantine painted tiles from thousands of broken fragments.
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Document identity
localId
37980
label
Virgin and Child
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obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
id
37980
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Virgin and Child
description
This image is similar in size to ivory icons (e.g. WAM 71.158) but was used to decorate the interior of a church building. In its damaged state, it shows the amount of work that museum conservators have done in order reassemble such Byzantine painted tiles from thousands of broken fragments.
provenance
Nikos Avgheris, Istanbul, ca. 1950, by purchase; Robert E. Hecht, Ruxton, Maryland, 1956, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1956, by purchase.
date
10th century (Medieval)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Ceramics
ceramic tiles
icons
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1
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1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
7 1/8 in. (18.1 cm)
Source extras
cul
Byzantine
dynasty
Macedonian Dynasty
med
ceramic with glaze
creator_ids
6640
collection_ids
BYZ
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
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1
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0
type
photo
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