A MONUMENTAL JERUSALEM STYLE ICON DEPICTING MADONNA AND JESUS Indonesi...
A MONUMENTAL JERUSALEM STYLE ICON DEPICTING MADONNA AND JESUS
Indonesia or Vietnam, 19th-20th century
Lacquer painting with mother-of-pearl inlay and Greek writing, the icon depicting the Virigin Mary holding Jesus as an infant, both adorned with intricate crowns and halos, symbolising their holy status, surrounding the central figures are two angels, the Greek inscriptions refer to 'Mother of God' and 'The Existing One, Jesus Christ'.
82cm x 60cm
Such wooden, mother-of-pearl-inlaid liturgical objects with Christian iconography were widespread in the historical region of Indochina and across mainland Southeast Asia.
A MONUMENTAL JERUSALEM STYLE ICON DEPICTING MADONNA AND JESUS
Indonesia or Vietnam, 19th-20th century
Lacquer painting with mother-of-pearl inlay and Greek writing, the icon depicting the Virigin Mary holding Jesus as an infant, both adorned with intricate crowns and halos, symbolising their holy status, surrounding the central figures are two angels, the Greek inscriptions refer to 'Mother of God' and 'The Existing One, Jesus Christ'.
82cm x 60cm
Such wooden, mother-of-pearl-inlaid liturgical objects with Christian iconography were widespread in the historical region of Indochina and across mainland Southeast Asia.
