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LOT 0436
Ethiopian Diptych Icon of the Crucifixion and Saints
CIRCA 1680 A.D.
3 1/4 x 4 in. (98 grams, 8.4 x 10.2 cm).
Carved rectangular diptych with pierced suspension bar above and braided thread hinges; obverse with ornate reserved cross on a field with concentric chip-carved borders; reverse with off-set quatrefoil in a square frame with concentric bands surrounding; hatched panels and saltires to the lateral edges; left inner panel a painted scene of the Crucifixion with Ge'ez script text surrounding; right panel with three nimbate figures. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Henry Brownrigg, 1999.
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