Cameo with Saint George

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1100–1300 · Jasper · Medieval Art

Saint George holds a shield and a sword, emphasizing his role as a protector. Expensive cameo and semiprecious hard stone carvings for personal devotion were so highly prized that imitations in glass paste were produced for the general populace in Byzantium and abroad.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1100–1300

Medium

Jasper

Culture

Byzantine

Department

Medieval Art

Credit line

The Milton Weil Collection, 1940