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Panel, height: 80, width: 60, thickness: 5 cm.
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Panel, Panagia Koulourdou
Area: Byzantine and Christian Museum, Athens
Date: 10th century
Description:
Marble panel with relief decoration. A big banded floriated swastika is shown on a rectangle frame. On the upper part of the cross are depicted two diagonal palmettes, while on the lower part dense sprouts are shown. The work is diligent and the skew-cut carvings with the strong shades create an exquisite aesthetic result. It comes from the church of Panagia Koulourdou in Athens and it is dated to the tenth century A.D.
Date: 10th century
Description:
Marble panel with relief decoration. A big banded floriated swastika is shown on a rectangle frame. On the upper part of the cross are depicted two diagonal palmettes, while on the lower part dense sprouts are shown. The work is diligent and the skew-cut carvings with the strong shades create an exquisite aesthetic result. It comes from the church of Panagia Koulourdou in Athens and it is dated to the tenth century A.D.