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Fragment of a marble lintel, height: 20 cm, length: 60 cm, thickness: 22 cm.
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Fragment of a lintel, Horologion of Andronikos area
Area: Byzantine and Christian Museum, Athens
Date: 9th area
Description:
Fragment of a marble lintel ornated with a cross, birds and ivy leaves. The low-relief and the champleve process are combined. Both the birds and the floral patterns have a strong decorative character, even though they are given in a clumsy manner. It comes from Athens, area of the Horologion of Andronicos. Ninth century.
Date: 9th area
Description:
Fragment of a marble lintel ornated with a cross, birds and ivy leaves. The low-relief and the champleve process are combined. Both the birds and the floral patterns have a strong decorative character, even though they are given in a clumsy manner. It comes from Athens, area of the Horologion of Andronicos. Ninth century.