id: 144274
accession number: 1969.112
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Floor Mosaic Panel: Grape Harvester with Peacock, 400s. Byzantium, Northern Syria, Byzantine period, 5th century. Marble tesserae; overall: 133.5 x 144.8 cm (52 9/16 x 57 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1969.112
title: Floor Mosaic Panel: Grape Harvester with Peacock
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creation date: 400s
creation date earliest: 400
creation date latest: 499
current location: 106A Migration Period & Coptic
creditline: John L. Severance Fund
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culture: Byzantium, Northern Syria, Byzantine period, 5th century
technique: marble tesserae
department: Medieval Art
collection: MED - Byzantine
type: Mosaic
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measurements: Overall: 133.5 x 144.8 cm (52 9/16 x 57 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Year in Review: 1969
opening date: 1970-01-27T05:00:00
Year in Review: 1969. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (January 27-February 22, 1970).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* CMA 1970:"Year in Review 1969," CMA Bulletin, 1970 (January, 1970), p.47
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PROVENANCE
(J. J. Klejman, New York).
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This group of mosaics may be from a church at Maaut El Naaman in northern Syria. The panel depicting Adam and Eve includes a Greek inscription that translates as: "And they ate, [and they] were made naked," from the book of Genesis (3:7–8). It is possible that the mosaic belonged to a pavement illustrating the Garden of Eden. The Grape Harvester with a Peacock also conveys well-known Christian themes. The grapes represent the Eucharistic wine and thus the blood of Christ, while the peacock was a symbol of immortality.
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