antique gorgeous Ethiopia: Hand-painted range of colors Ethiopian Old wood icon - of the Coptic Orthodox Church African Tribal Art dates mid 20th century
DIMENSIONS:3.5 INCHES HIGH X 4.5 INCHES WIDE closed 7'' inches opened
CONDITION: VERY GOOD AND EXCELLENT CONDITION
Collectible Ethiopian Icons are - as a particular feature in the icon painting - manufactured by using the old traditions until the present day. What concerns their form, you can mainly find diptychs and triptychs and very rarely single panels. On the contrary to byzantine icons Ethiopian Icons show a more popular character. The paintings on them have mostly a powerful range of colors. They renounce on perspective and the frontality of the figures whose faces have big eyes. The painting of icons in Ethiopia dates back to the 15th century. Icons are ancient tradition of visual information and documentation integrated into Orthodox Christianity. They are sacred form of art that tell stories about God, angels, saints, people, and animals; they serve as evidence in support of the philosophical positions and theological teaching of Orthodox Christianity. The Ethiopian Orthodox Church believes that an icon is a point of meeting between heaven and earth, and that taken together it serves as a medium through which one receives the vision of the spiritual world other shop https://www.etsy.com/shop/Africanbazar2US?ref=seller-platform-mcnav
DIMENSIONS:3.5 INCHES HIGH X 4.5 INCHES WIDE closed 7'' inches opened
CONDITION: VERY GOOD AND EXCELLENT CONDITION
Collectible Ethiopian Icons are - as a particular feature in the icon painting - manufactured by using the old traditions until the present day. What concerns their form, you can mainly find diptychs and triptychs and very rarely single panels. On the contrary to byzantine icons Ethiopian Icons show a more popular character. The paintings on them have mostly a powerful range of colors. They renounce on perspective and the frontality of the figures whose faces have big eyes. The painting of icons in Ethiopia dates back to the 15th century. Icons are ancient tradition of visual information and documentation integrated into Orthodox Christianity. They are sacred form of art that tell stories about God, angels, saints, people, and animals; they serve as evidence in support of the philosophical positions and theological teaching of Orthodox Christianity. The Ethiopian Orthodox Church believes that an icon is a point of meeting between heaven and earth, and that taken together it serves as a medium through which one receives the vision of the spiritual world other shop https://www.etsy.com/shop/Africanbazar2US?ref=seller-platform-mcnav