Icon with the Virgin and Child, mid-10th–mid-11th century, Made in probably Constantinople, Byzantine, Ivory, Overall: 9 3/16 x 2 3/4 x 1/2in. (23.4 x 7 x 1.3cm), Ivories, This statuette, carefully cut from an ivory plaque, follows a widespread Byzantine image type called the Hodegetria, in which the Virgin supports the Christ Child with her left arm. It takes its name from an icon housed in the Hodegon Monastery in Constantinople
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Icon, Virgin, Child, mid-10th–mid-11th century, Constantinople, Byzantine, Ivory, Overall, 9 3/16 x 2 3/4 1/2in, 23.4 7 1.3cm, Ivories, statuette, carefully cut, ivory plaque, follows, widespread Byzantine, image, type, Hodegetria, Virgin supports, Christ Child, left arm, takes, name, icon housed, Hodegon Monastery
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