Sujet

Egg-Shaped Ornament, Armenian, mid-18th century. Winged seraphim heads with Crusader crosses. Porcelain eggs hung over altars and on lamp cords to prevent rodents and insects from reaching the lamp oil.

Légende

Egg-Shaped Ornament, Armenian, mid-18th century. Creator: Unknown.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM21A00_396

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

52,4Mo (1,2Mo) / 31,3cm x 42,0cm / 3695 x 4960 (300dpi)

Mots clés

close up religious country religion shape white green Turkey museum color cross decoration decorative Turkish crosses ceramic location century porcelain artefact close-up artifact oval pest control decorative arts Colour Armenia Armenian The Met Metropolitan Museum of Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art 18th century Eighteenth Century crusader egg-shaped TGN object oval shaped white colour Unknown seraphim green colour underglaze Heritage Art Kutahya ceramic Frit body with green yellow blue and brownish black underglaze painting