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Jasper cameo with Saint Georges

Jasper cameo with Saint Georges





Artist : Anonymous


Date : approx. between 1100 and 1300

Material : Jasper
Acquisition : Milton Weill Collection (1940)
Metropolitan Museum of Art

Center
Ground Floor
Item 26 on 80
Objet(s) d'Art
Object of worship

Vitrine : V02

Area related
Byzance

Description   

Devotional cameos were often worn on necklaces or set into other types of jewelery. Imitation cameos of glass paste were made in large quantity for those who could not afford expensive cameos carved of semiprecious stones.
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