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Vintage Embossed Copper Wall Decoration of Lion Mher, Armenian Legendary Patriarch, Chekanka
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Vintage Embossed Copper Wall Decoration of Lion Mher, Armenian Legendary Patriarch, Armenian Chekanka
Antique vintage embossed copper wall decoration made in Armenia in the Soviet era in 1979 which evokes the lion Mher the father of David of Sassoun killing the lion who represented the invader.
Mehair the Elder kills the lion. According to an Armenian epic, related to X – XI centuries, Mehair the Elder, father of David of Sassoun, was a man of supernatural strength. He came out all alone against the foreign invaders and chased them out of the borders of his country.
Lion Mher is a mythical king from an ancient pagan Armenian folk epic of the “Daredevils of Sassoun“, who slew a lion with his bare hands earning the title of “lion-like”. Lion Mher is the father of David (also known as Mher the younger), the hero of the epic. He is the epitome of the noble, wise, fair and self-sacrificing father-king. Approaching old age, he accepts with gentility the passing of his generation as the price of the next generation. As the reading from the Armenian requiem states, “except a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears fruit.” Lion Mher represents the strength of nature and rectitude of character that bears fruit in his son, David.
Height 15cm – 5.90in
Length 32.5cm – 12.79in
Weight 261gr
Ref 40B
Antique vintage embossed copper wall decoration made in Armenia in the Soviet era in 1979 which evokes the lion Mher the father of David of Sassoun killing the lion who represented the invader.
Mehair the Elder kills the lion. According to an Armenian epic, related to X – XI centuries, Mehair the Elder, father of David of Sassoun, was a man of supernatural strength. He came out all alone against the foreign invaders and chased them out of the borders of his country.
Lion Mher is a mythical king from an ancient pagan Armenian folk epic of the “Daredevils of Sassoun“, who slew a lion with his bare hands earning the title of “lion-like”. Lion Mher is the father of David (also known as Mher the younger), the hero of the epic. He is the epitome of the noble, wise, fair and self-sacrificing father-king. Approaching old age, he accepts with gentility the passing of his generation as the price of the next generation. As the reading from the Armenian requiem states, “except a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears fruit.” Lion Mher represents the strength of nature and rectitude of character that bears fruit in his son, David.
Height 15cm – 5.90in
Length 32.5cm – 12.79in
Weight 261gr
Ref 40B
AM, Yerevan
