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A BYZANTINE TERRACOTTA RELIEF TILE WITH BIRDS AND URN
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A BYZANTINE TERRACOTTA RELIEF TILE WITH BIRDS AND URN

5TH-6TH CENTURY A.D.

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A BYZANTINE TERRACOTTA RELIEF TILE WITH BIRDS AND URN
5TH-6TH CENTURY A.D.
With moulded decoration comprising a large fluted urn between two columns, a Chi-Rho monogram in the pediment above flanked by Alpha and Omega, the pediment with a bird seated at either side, smaller Chi-Rho monograms at either side of the urn foot, repair with restoration
14½ x 12¼ in. (37 x 31 cm.)
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Lot Essay

Cf. R. Temple, Early Christian and Byzantine Art, Longmead, 1990, p. 76, no. 23 for similar. The representation of birds with an urn is a variation on the theme of the replenishment of the soul at the source of life.

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