Two narrative scenes are represented in embroidery on a quadrangular piece of fine silk cloth of white colour. The scene of Christ’s Resurrection is depicted on one half of the cover. In the foreground of the domed temple symbolizing Jerusalem are the myrrh-bringing women who came to th [...]
The carpet has a rich ornamental design. Stylized images of a frog, a symbol of fertility, fill the entire carpet field in bright red, black and white. The wide border is decorated with solar images. Collection : Ethnographic collection Exposition : Armenian Carpets Period : Contempora [...]
The main ornamental motif in the composition is the tree of life with apple-bearing branches. The principal image appears three times along the vertical axis of the carpet. The whole surface is decorated with branches, leaves and rosettes. On the upper end, the carpet foundation colou [...]
The altar curtain of the church is a quadrangular piece of green satin, with additions in red silk at the right and left borders, and sumptuous embroidery. In the centre of the embroidered altar curtain of the church, Hripsimé, the saint virgin nun, is shown standing in the three-domed a [...]
Medallion with the image of priest Ter Stepanos, Gold, ivory, weight: 19.76 gm, HMA 18179. Collection : Numismatic collection Exposition : Period : Era : Location : Place : Material : Gold Inventar # : 18179
Order “St. Gregory the Illuminator” A Class, gold, diamond, weight: 24.07 gm, HMA 18244. Collection : Numismatic collection Exposition : Period : Era : Location : Place : Material : Gold Inventar # : 18244
Medal with the images of Henry IV (1589-1610) and Maria Medici, silver, weight: 533.10 gm, HMA 18481/795. Collection : Numismatic collection Exposition : Period : Era : Location : Place : Material : Silver Inventar # : 18481/795
Banknote of 250 roubles, 1919, 160 x 95 mm, HMA 18856/3; averse: Archangel Michael on two sides, with griffons atop, reverse: an Armenian peasant woman at the spinning-wheel, with a winged lion on her right. Collection : Numismatic collection Exposition : Period : Contemporary Era [...]
Armenia, Tigranes the Great (95-55 BC), tetradrachm issued in 83-69 BC, weight: 15.33 gm, HMA 18981/4; a. The bust of the King with a crown and a diadem, b. Tyche seated on a rock. Collection : Numismatic collection Exposition : Armenia in the 4th c. BC - 3rd c. AD Period : Hellenistic p [...]
The Kiurikian Kingdom in Lori, Kiurike II 1(048-1089), follis, weight: 6.53 gm, HMA 14106; a. The bust of Jesus Christ, b. + LORD HELP KIURIKE CUROPALATUS Collection : Numismatic collection Exposition : Period : Middle Ages Era : Location : Place : Material : Copper Inventar # : 14106