Icon with the Deesis
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Icon with the Deesis

TitleIcon with the Deesis
Datemid-900s 10th century
MediumElephant ivory
ClassificationIvories-Elephant
OriginByzantine Byzantine
Holding institutionThe Metropolitan Museum of Art
Credit lineGift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
RightsPublic domain (CC0). Free to use for any purpose.

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