antique Ethiopian Coptic Christian Orthodox Leather cover Wood Painted Icon,African ,Art Décor,Home Décor, religious art

antique gorgeous Ethiopia: Hand-painted Ethiopian Tempera on Wood and bonded with leather, Painted Icon - of the Coptic Orthodox Church 9 inches long and 7 inches wide at its widest point when closed and 11 inches wide and 10 inches long when open. Good condition Collectible Ethiopian Icons are - as a particular feature in the icon painting - manufactured by using the old traditions until the present day. What concerns their form, you can mainly find diptychs and triptychs and very rarely single panels. On the contrary to byzantine icons Ethiopian Icons show a more popular character. The paintings on them have mostly a powerful range of colors. They renounce on perspective and the frontality of the figures whose faces have big eyes. The painting of icons in Ethiopia dates back to the 15th century. Icons are ancient tradition of visual information and documentation integrated into Orthodox Christianity. They are sacred form of art that tell stories about God, angels, saints, people, and animals; they serve as evidence in support of the philosophical positions and theological teaching of Orthodox Christianity. The Ethiopian Orthodox Church believes that an icon is a point of…