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| Keywords: Byzantine - Saint Arethas - Walters 4820862.jpg Saint Arethas was an Ethiopian soldier who was murdered in 523 because of his Christian faith He is depicted here in Byzantine court dress holding a cross as a sign of his martyrdom The tile is one among three in the Walters Art Museum that have the same size and contain identical busts of male saints the other two show Saint Basil inv 48 2086 17 and Saint Panteleimon inv 48 2086 4 This series probably formed a frieze on a church wall or altar screen century 10 Medieval ceramic with glaze cm 17 16 8 0 9 accession number 48 2086 2 2890 Nikos Avgheris Istanbul ca 1950 by purchase Robert E Hecht Ruxton Maryland 1956 by purchase Walters Art Museum 1956 by purchase Partial museum purchase with funds provided by the S A P Fund 1956 and partial gift of Mr Robert E Hecht Jr 1957 The Glory of Byzantium The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York 1997 Byzantium 330-1453 Royal Academy of Arts London 2008 place of origin Constantinople present-day Istanbul Turkey Walters Art Museum license 2D Byzantine and Early Russian art in the Walters Art Museum Icons in ceramic Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review 10th-century icons of Byzantine Empire | ||||
