ETHIOPIAN ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN GOATSKIN CHURCH PAINTING,19th century or earlier. Antique Orthodox Christian colorful and detailed painting of the Virgin and Child with Archangels, Scenes from the Life of Christ, Apostles, and Saints. Bellow the characters is religious writing in Amharic , an Ethiopian Semitic language. Overall composition is surrounded by a hand-drawn colorful border. Painting was sourced at a church in Ethiopia's Tigray Region. Painted on goatskin. Unframed. - 36 x 26 inches. Estimate $1,200-1,400
