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| Keywords: Byzantine - Saint Panteleimon - Walters 4820864.jpg Panteleimon a physician who became a saint through his great charity for the poor miracles and martyrdom is shown here with a lancet in his right hand This tile is one among three in the Walters Art Museum that have the same size and contain identical busts of male saints the other two depict Saint Basil inv 48 2086 17 and Saint Arethas inv 48 2086 2 The series probably formed a frieze on a church wall or altar screen century 10 Medieval ceramic with glaze cm 17 1 17 3 0 9 accession number 48 2086 4 26666 Nikos Avgheris Istanbul ca 1950 by purchase Robert E Hecht Ruxton Maryland 1956 by purchase Walters Art Museum 1956 by purchase Partial museum purchase with funds provided by the S A P Fund 1956 and partial gift of Mr Robert E Hecht Jr 1957 place of origin Constantinople present-day Istanbul Turkey Walters Art Museum license 2D Byzantine and Early Russian art in the Walters Art Museum Icons in ceramic Byzantine art Icons of Saint Pantaleon | ||||
