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Historical Archive: Peacocks


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lamp with peacock, ceramic, 4th c. Hippo Regius (Algeria), KM 0000.00.0202
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Jonah sarcophagus found between Ilminster and Bath, Eng., marble, c.300, BM 1957,1011.1. This work has its own page.
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Porphyry sarcophagus of Constantina (d.354), c.330-65, Vat 237. This work has its own page.
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Projecta Casket, silver and gold, c.380, BM 1866,1229.1, which has its own page
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silver reliquary, Greece, 5th-6th c.? BNM 67/1, which has its own page
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slab of chancel screen, 6th c., Sant'Apollinare Nuovo, Ravenna. This monument has its own page.
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slab of chancel screen, 6th c., Sant'Apollinare Nuovo, Ravenna. This monument has its own page.
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peacock: presbytery vault/arches mosaic, Ravenna, Church of San Vitale, 527-48. This work has its own interior and exterior pages.
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Cathedra of Maximian, ivory, 546-56, RavArchMus, which has its own page
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Sion treasure, c.550-75, silver, which has its own page
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peacock sarcophagus, limestone, 8th c., SMB Byz 4, which has its own page
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Gellone Sacramentary, c.780-800, BN Lat 12048, which has its own page
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Harrach diptych, ivory with glass c.800, Schn 1012, which has its own page with more peacocks
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water strainer with peacock, ceramic, Fatimid Egypt 909-1171, KM 1971.01.0013
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ivory oliphant, Sicily/S. Italy c.1000-50, Hermitage Ф-5, which has its own page with another peacock
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Noli me tangere, Bernward Doors, bronze, Hildesheim 1007-15. This work has its own page with other views.
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enamel peacocks: Count Liudolf cross, gold, gems, and enamel on wood core, c.1045, CMA 1931.461. For full cross see CMA.
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peacock silk, Middle East (?), c.1100, Hildesheim museum D2009-4c and 1
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Yuriev (Apakos) Gospel, scribe Fedor Ugrinets, 1119-1128, MSHM
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Faucet with peacock spigot and lion-headed spout (poss. fr. fountain), bronze, 12th-c. Iran, UMMA 1959/1.114
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Sainte Chasse, 12th c. Byzantine ivory, Sens CT 143, which has its own page
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peacock mantle clasp, silver gilt, 13th c., HNM
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peacock mantle clasp, silver gilt, 13th c., HNM
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peacock mantle clasp, silver gilt, 13th c., HNM.
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clasped arm ring, silver, gilt, niello, Russia c.1200, KremlinArch
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Reliquary purse, silk/silver thread, c.1200, Utrecht OKM t101, which has its own page
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Virtues exorcising demons, mosaic c.1250-60, Baptistery of St. John, Florence. Not available at high resolution. This work has its own pages.
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creation of birds and fish: Kloster Wienhausen nuns' choir, painted c.1335, which has its own page
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imperial ceremony, ivory pyxis, 1403-04, DO BZ.1936.24, which has its own page
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peacocks 17th-20th c. copies of Roman; pinecone fountain, Publius Cincius Salvius, 1st-2nd c. cast bronze on marble capital 227-29, Vat. For other views see Vat.
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Louis Comfort Tiffany, Henry O. Havemeyer House, New York: Peacock Mosaic from the entrance hall, Favrile glass, ceramic, and plaster 1890-91, UMMA 1986.146.9. Parts from this building have their own page.
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Louis Comfort Tiffany, Henry O. Havemeyer House, Peacock Mosaic from the entrance hall, left peacock detail
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Louis Comfort Tiffany, Henry O. Havemeyer House, Peacock Mosaic from the entrance hall, oblique view showing cabochons
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modern painted reconstruction of 5th-c. stucco, Ravenna, Orthodox baptistery, which has its own pages.
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flabellum, J. Fuchs 1948, wood/silver/peacock feathers, DMP G.3.111. For view with staff see DMP.