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SYRIA, CIRCA 5TH-6TH CENTURY A.D.
Details
A BYZANTINE BASALT RELIEF
Syria, Circa 5th-6th Century A.D.
Perhaps an altar screen, sculpted with two peacocks, both facing a pedestaled krater, their tails with incised circles, a small bird below the tail of the peacock on the left, two symbols and a two-letter Greek inscription above, and a small bird above the tail of the peacock on the right, the panel framed by a simple guilloche
61 in. (154.9 cm) long
Syria, Circa 5th-6th Century A.D.
Perhaps an altar screen, sculpted with two peacocks, both facing a pedestaled krater, their tails with incised circles, a small bird below the tail of the peacock on the left, two symbols and a two-letter Greek inscription above, and a small bird above the tail of the peacock on the right, the panel framed by a simple guilloche
61 in. (154.9 cm) long
Provenance
Asian Collection, purchased between 1968-1972