2 Panel Wood Painted Coptic Icon Ethiopia

Overall Condition: Good. Most of our pieces have spent decades on at least two continents, and have been treasured by several owners.   We examine each piece carefully when we receive it and report any damage we find in our listings.  Please look carefully at the pictures which may also reveal condition and damage.

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A two panel-hand-painted and carved Ethiopian Icon!

This is a twentieth-century hand-carved and painted panel with icons made traditionally. Most often painted on wood, these icons were used originally as illustrated Bibles by itinerant priests spreading Christianity. For explanations of many of the frequently recurring motifs, see Mercier's ETHIOPIAN MAGIC SCROLLS. Also see AFRICAN ZION: THE SACRED ART OF ETHIOPIA" by Yale University Press, New Haven, and London.

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