Croix de procession "yemesor meskel" · Éthiopie · ID: 3045100
Description
brass, two-piece (spout/ cross), defects in the casting
From the time of the adoption of Christianity - around 340 A.D. - crosses have been omnipresent not only as liturgical objects in the region’s churches and monasteries, but also in popular devotion and everyday life.
Functioning as apotropaic objects to ward off evil spirits and as spiritual emblem of the entire community, members of the clergy carry the large-scale metal processional crosses on poles during processions and liturgical ceremonies.
Like most liturgical devices, the crosses were mainly produced in monastic workshops by means of the lost-wax process thereby always producing a unique object.
L’objet Croix de procession “yemesor meskel” avec l’ID d’objet 3045100 a fait partie de la dernière vente aux enchères 91e vente aux enchères Tribal Art dans 9 mars 2019 le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes. L’objet portant le numéro de lot 378 a atteint un prix de vente de 800 €.
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Littérature comparée
Greve, Anna & Kerstin Volker-Saad (Hg.), Äthiopien und Deutschland, München, Berlin 2006, ill. 117