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REPATRIATED ECCLESIASTICAL TREASURES FROM MUNICH

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Title: Apostole Thomas
Chronology: First half of the 6th century
Artist/School: Unknown
Provenance: Mosaic fragment from the composition of the Early-Byzantine apse. Provenance: From the church of Virgin Mary Kanakaria, Lythragkomi, Karpas peninsula. The mosaic fragment was stolen by Turkish smugglers after the Turkish invasion and occupation of Northern Cyprus in 1974. It was found in 1997 in the appartments of the Turk Aydin Dikmen in Munich and was confiscated. After a long trial in the Court of Munich it was repatriated from Munich (Germany) in November 2013
Technique: Mosaic
Dimensions: 60 x 61 x 7 cm
Conservation status: Good

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