Pyx with the Women at Christ's Tomb, 500s, Made in Eastern Mediterranean, Byzantine, Ivory, Overall (with lid): 4 1/4 x 5 x 4 3

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Pyx with the Women at Christ's Tomb, 500s, Made in Eastern Mediterranean, Byzantine, Ivory, Overall (with lid): 4 1/4 x 5 x 4 3/4 in. ( x x cm), Ivories, The Gospel of Luke (24:1-10) describes a group of women, among them Mary Magdalene, coming to the empty tomb of the risen Christ. Here three women stand in the orant, or prayer, pose. Two others, swinging censers, approach from either side of a domed building in which tied-back curtains reveal an altar, which may refer to Christ's tomb

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Size: 3871px × 4838px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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