Sale 219 Lot 165

ETHIOPIAN ARTIFACTS: PAINTED WOOD PANELS WITH ANGELS AND TALISMANIC TEXT, A CARVED WOODEN NECK REST, AND A SMALL HINGED ICON OF THE VIRGIN AND CHILD Three Ethiopian objects: at left, a tall hinged wooden diptych painted in green, ochre, and rust, with geometric lattice panels, rows of staring faces, two winged angels holding swords, a sun-faced roundel, and blocks of handwritten Ge’ez script; at center, a carved wooden headrest with a gently curved crescent-shaped crest, a short column stem, and a flaring conical foot with a vertical crack and at right, a small hinged wooden travelling icon (diptych) painted with the Virgin and Child flanked by figures, and a mounted saint slaying a dragon, with inscriptions in Ge’ez. Height (headrest): 7 inches.
$150-250