b785-M159n
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b785-M159n
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Object Type
Mosaics See all items with this value
Sector
S-20/21-J See all items with this value
Building Feature
Martyrion See all items with this value
Area
"Martyrion"
Description
H. 0.93m W. 2.98m Rinceau border mosaic. Wavecrest border at bottom in red. Narrow dark-gray borders at bottom and top. Light yellow border at top. Rinceau: stem gray-brown shading to light red; tendrils gray-brown with leaves gray-brown, black and green with touches of yellow. Bird in loop at extreme left: wing and upper part of tail edged in black; right foreleg black; eye ringed with black; pupil black on white ground; lower bill black; touch of black on neck; breast, underpart of tail, upper part of wing and forepart of wing outlined in dark gray-green with touches of dark yellow; yellow and green touches on head; body and wing light yellow; legs and feet red. Grape cluster in second loop from left: of the three stems supporting the cluster the left is black, the center gray-brown at top, green at center and yellow at base, the right gray-brown; grapes pink edged with yellow at left side; each grape outlined in red. Third loop from left: small cluster of three pink grapes outlined in black; upper part of tail of bird, back, wing, neck and tuft on head outlined in black; wing shades from red at top to light red, light yellow and pink, flecked with black; tail shades from red through light yellow to yellow-gray, with black flecks and white highlights; breast and lower parts outlined in dark gray shading to light yellow with white highlights; head white with yellow, black, white and black bands at neck; top of head and lower bill red, upper bill green; eye black with touches of yellow and pink below. Fourth loop from left; left stem of cluster black, center stem green, right stem gray-brown; grapes white edged with yellow and outlined in green, with touches of dark gray-yellow and black; tendrils to right light yellow with green and black shadows. Fifth loop from left: tendril stems light yellow; leaves black and light yellow shaded with green; bird has top of head, body and tail outlined in dark gray-brown; underparts throat, bill and lower wing edge outlined in black; body and wing light red, light yellow and pink, which in lower part of body shades to dark gray-brown; legs and feet dark gray-brown; eye black; head gray-brown, yellow and pink. Sixth loop from left: tendrils as in preceding, but stems are of alternate dark gray-brown and light yellow; side stems of cluster light red, center stem dark gray-brown; grapes light red touched with light yellow and outlined in black.
Date on card
4/13/1939 See all items with this value
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Turkish Government See all items with this value
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