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Icon “Harrowing of Hell”

Byzantium
XII сentury
Inscription: «НАNАСТАСIС» («Resurrection »)
Jasper; carving
6,2 х 4,9 cm
Receipt: from Glavmuseum in 1922
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The rectangular with a rounded top icon made of dark brown with red streaks Jasper with a carved relief image of “Harrowing of Hell” composition is close to picturesque examples of Byzantine iconography of the XII Century. Above the relief is a Greek inscription: “НАNАСТАСIС” (“Resurrection”).

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