Object Type
Church Objects, Furniture
Material
Wood
Country of Origin
Greece
Credit
The Government of the Hellenic Republic
Caption
Import Restricted since 2011.
Section II.E of Designated List in force since 2011.
The ecclesiastical and ethnological materials represent the Early Christian and Byzantine periods and include objects made from 324 A.D. through the 15th century A.D.
Wooden objects include architectural elements such as painted wood screens (iconstasis), carved doors, crosses, painted wooden beams from churches or monasteries, furniture such as thrones, chests and other objects, including musical instruments. Religious figures predominate in the painted and carved figural decoration. Ecclesiastical furniture and architectural elements may also be decorated with geometric or floral designs.
Example shown:
Octagonal Reading-Desk decorated with biblical and evangelic scenes and decorative motifs
Material: Wood; Period: 15th century A.D.; Provenance: Monastery of Vatopedi, Mount Athos (gift of Andronikos Palaiologos, despot of Thessaloniki); Place of Production: Macedonia; Dimensions: 1.17 m. x 0.48 m.
Monastery of Vatopedi, Mount Athos