Textile details from Dolce & Gabbana Fall Winter 2014 Tailored Mosaic

    Images from swide.com

Byzantine micromosaic icon on auction

via

Breathtaking! And as always...I "stumbled" on this rare mosaic icon while looking for facts and images for another long post....which I hope to be able to post quite soon.

Description (timeline auctions text):

Circa 6-10th century AD. A ceramic mosaic icon mounted on a 17th-18th century AD Russian icon; the mosaic created with black and purple rectangular border depicting a female face in a green headdress on a cream background; the block with red pigmentation and gilded surround; sliding bar to rear.

To take a closer look and find out more about this exquisite work of art you should go to timelineauctions.com.

If you intend to purchase it, please let me know. Really.

A mircomosaic treasure (St.Theodore Stratilates at the Hermitage)

Hard to believe but there was a time (14th cent.) and a place (Constantinople) where icons of incredibly small sizes with mosaic were made. Of course very few people could afford them as they were an indisputable symbol of prestige, especially in the specific case of the portable icon pictured above representing St.Theodore Stratilates where lapis lazuli was one of the materials used. This one here is to be seen at the Hermitage museum and if you do not believe it is 9 x 7.4cm, visit the relevant webpage here.

Hope the first days of 2011 are shiny and bright for all of you and will continue to be so!!!