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Diptych Icon with Christ Taking Leave of His Mother (left) and Saint Gabra Mantas Qaddus (right)

16th-19th century · France and Ethiopia

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Plate 1Diptych Icon with Christ Taking Leave of His Mother (left) and Saint Gabra Mantas Qaddus (right), France and Ethiopia, 16th-19th century, enamel, silver, gold, stone, The British Museum, Af1868,1001.7.

© The Trustees of the British Museum

Catalogue entry locator Printed p. 288, cat. 184 (supplied scan PDF p. 285)

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Diptych Icon with Christ Taking Leave of His Mother (left) and Saint Gabra Mantas Qaddus (right), France and Ethiopia, 16th-19th century, enamel, silver, gold, stone, The British Museum, Af1868,1001.7.Plate 1 · © The Trustees of the British Museum · Printed p. 288, cat. 184 (supplied scan PDF p. 285)

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Catalogue no. 184: Diptych Icon with Christ Taking Leave of His Mother (left) and Saint Gabra Mantas Qaddus (right). 16th-19th century; enamel, silver, gold, stone; France and Ethiopia.

Date
16th-19th century
Object type
Icons & panel paintings
Recorded place
France and Ethiopia
Holding
The British Museum
Accession
Af1868,1001.7
Source locator
Printed p. 288, cat. 184 (supplied scan PDF p. 285)
Source citation
Christine Sciacca, ed., Ethiopia at the Crossroads (Baltimore: The Walters Art Museum, in association with Yale University Press, 2023).