Byzantine Oil Lamp. 330 A.D. herodium

Byzantine Oil Lamp. 330 A.D. herodiumSize: 8x7 cm. 3x2. 7 inch. Oil lanterns were slipper shaped and highly decorative. The multiple nozzle design continued and most lamps bore handles. Some are complex in their external anatomy. Pottery oil lamps were made in three different ways. They could be handmade, wheel made, or made by mold. The use of molds became increasingly popular but again consisted of two different methods. Once made, mold could be used to create many lamps, which meant

Size:- 10x7 cm

A Russian icon of St

AN ICON OF THE NATIVITY OF CHRIST f 20th-century Tempera on wood panel with kovcheg

During the fourteenth century it became a central icon in the Western Church

The symbolism of five crosses representing the Five Wounds is first recorded in the context of the consecration of the St Brelade's Church under the patronage of Robert of Normandy (before 1035)

[12] After the conflict

frame unmarked

27 height inch

Finely executed in great detail with golden haloes on a gold ground

A handmade Armenian Icon of Mother of God

Date: 1941

size: Diameter 39x39 cm