Icon with Christ Pantokrator, ca. 1350 or later, Made in probably Greece, Byzantine, Steatite, green, Overall: 2 5/8 x 2 5/8 x 3/4 in. (6.7 x 6.7 x 1.9 cm), Steatites, The inscription identifies the image as Christ Antiphonetes, an icon type used by the empress Zoe (r. 1028–50) for her coinage. Steatite, easily carved stone, usually soft green or buff in color, came to be widely used for the production of small icons
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Icon, Christ Pantokrator, ca, 1350, later, Greece, Byzantine, Steatite, green, Overall, 2 5/8 x 2 3/4, 6.7 6.7 1.9 cm, Steatites, inscription, identifies, image, Antiphonetes, icon type, empress Zoe, r, 1028–50, coinage, easily carved, stone, usually soft, buff, color, came, widely, production, small icons
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