Detail View: The AMICA Library: Floor Mosaic Panel: Grape Harvester with Peacock

AMICA ID: 
CMA_.1969.112
AMICA Library Year: 
2001
Object Type: 
Architecture
Creator Nationality: 
Asian; Anatolian; Byzantine
Creator Name-CRT: 
Byzantium, Northern Syria, 5th century
Title: 
Floor Mosaic Panel: Grape Harvester with Peacock
Title Type: 
Primary
View: 
Full View
Creation Date: 
400s
Creation Start Date: 
400
Creation End Date: 
499
Materials and Techniques: 
marble tesserae
Classification Term: 
Mosaic
Creation Place: 
Northern Syria
Dimensions: 
Overall: 133.5cm x 144.8cm
AMICA Contributor: 
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Owner Location: 
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
ID Number: 
1969.112
Credit Line: 
John L. Severance Fund
Rights: 
Provenance: 
(J. J. Klejman, New York).
Context: 
This group of mosaics may be from a church at Maaut El Naaman in northern Syria. The panel depicting Adam and Eve includes a Greek inscription that translates as: And they ate, [and they] were made naked, taken from the book of Genesis (III: 7-8). It is possible that the mosaic belongedto a pavement illustrating the Garden of Eden.The Grape Harvester with a Peacock also conveys well-known Christian themes. The grapes represent the Eucharistic wine and thus the blood of Christ, while the peacock was a symbol of immortality.
Related Image Identifier Link: 
CMA_.1969.112.tif