Description: Buckle with Symbol of Immortality from Macedonia
Product ID: BJ010
Dimension: 41 cm x 30 cm / 16.1 inches x 11.4 inches
Price: $318    $245    add to cart  
Product of Avers®, inspired by original Buckle with Symbol of Immortality from Macedonia
Read more:This beautiful buckle from the 20th century is ornamented with two peacocks showing their graceful tails.
Clearly the creator of this masterpiece embedded a religious segment making the buckle more valuable to its owner.

In ancient time it was believed that the peacock have flesh that does not decay after death, and that is why it became a symbol of immortality.
This symbolism was adopted by the Christians, so the peacock was widely used in many early Christian mosaics and paintings.
One such mosaic exists in the ancient city of Stobi in Macedonia.