Ikon for travelling (Diptychon) · Ethiopia · ID: 3032329
sold
EUR 200
Provenance
Liselotte Dähler, Gallery Ethno-Art, Basel, Switzerland (1997)Eduard Hess, Basel, Switzerland
Size
H: 8,5 cm
H: 3.3 inch
Description
olive wood, painted in distemper on gypsum, Mary with the child flanked by two saints on the inside, a further saint on the inside of the small door wing, wooden frame and door elaborate carved with ornaments, a small brass cross attached, slightly dam., minor missing parts, door on the backside missing;
aside of Ikons of Mary scenes from the lifes of ethiopian saints were the most popular motifs of the painters.
Comparing literature
Fisseha, Girma, Äthiopien - Kunst und Geschichte eines Landes, München 1988, p. 27