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Adoration of the Kings

Adoration of the Kings, between 8th and 12th century

  • Byzantine, Roman

Terracotta

  • Overall: 1/4 × 1 5/8 inches (0.6 × 4.1 cm)

City of Detroit Purchase

26.152

On View

  • European: Medieval and Renaissance W242

Department

European Sculpture and Dec Arts

Details

(M. Bing, Paris, France)

1926-purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Early Christian and Byzantine Art. Exh. cat., Baltimore Museum of Art. Baltimore, 1947, p. 116, no. 572. [as Early Christian, 4th/5th century]. Sandin, Karl. "Liturgy, Pilgramage, and Devotion in Byzantine Objects." Bulletin of the DIA 67 (1993): pp. 46-56.

Byzantine, Roman, Adoration of the Kings, between 8th and 12th century, terracotta. Detroit Institute of Arts, City of Detroit Purchase, 26.152.

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