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Floor Mosaic Panel: Grape Harvester with Peacock

Floor Mosaic Panel: Grape Harvester with Peacock

400s

Description

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.
  • (J. J. Klejman, New York).
  • Year in Review: 1969. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 27-February 22, 1970).
    CMA 1970:"Year in Review 1969," CMA Bulletin, 1970 (January, 1970), p.47
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