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A Cross Stone

This Khachkar, otherwise known as an Armenian cross, has been hand sculpted from a block of sandstone. The cross has been sculpted with the portraits of an angel and saint, characteristic of medieval Christian Armenian tradition. Additional motifs such as botanical designs, a cross and interlaces have been carved around the cross.
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Bogdan Hovhannisyan
Vanadzor, Armenia
Bogdan Hovhannisyan is a stone sculptor and cross-stone carver from Vanadzor, Armenia. He has specialised in the local traditional art of cross-stone ...
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