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| Keywords: Langobardic - Ciborium Fragment - Walters 27563.jpg This relief is a fragment of a ciborium a free-standing stone canopy supported by columns designed to cover the altar or baptismal font of a church The relief shows two confronted peacocks symbols of paradise and immortality in early Christian and Byzantine art placed above an interlace border that once outlined the open arch of the ciborium Relatively late in date such architectural elements were carved after the Langobards had settled permanently in Italy century 8 9 early Medieval limestone cm 40 8 60 5 10 accession number 27 563 4235 Christine Alexander Mrs Breckenridge Long Rome and Laurel Maryland date of acquisition unknown by purchase Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Bequest of Mrs Breckenridge Long 1959 place of origin north Italy Walters Art Museum license Medieval art in the Walters Art Museum Lombard art from Italy Lombard reliefs from Italy Lombard art in the United States 8th-century reliefs Art from Aquileia | ||||
