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cameo
Object Type
cameo
Museum number
1869,0712.3
Description
Cameo; green jasper; half-figure of Virgin, head veiled; child, with cruciferous nimbus, in left arm, his right hand extended in benediction.
Cultures/periods
Late Byzantine
Production date
13thC
Materials
jasper
(green)
Technique
engraved
Dimensions
Length:
34 millimetres
Width:
27 millimetres
Depth:
10 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Dalton 1901 / Catalogue of Early Christian Antiquities and Objects from the Christian East in the Department of British and Medieval Antiquities and Ethnography of the British Museum
(113)
Dalton 1915 / Catalogue of the Engraved Gems of the Post-Classical Periods in the Department of British and Mediaeval Antiquities and Ethnography in the British Museum.
(12)
Location
Not on display
Exhibition history
Exhibited: 2015 15 Sep-10 Jan, USA, Norfolk, Chrysler Museum of Art, Byzantium to Russia: The origins and development of Russian icons 1200 to 1900. 2015 30 Apr- 22 Aug, USA, Clinton, Museum of Russian Icons, Byzantium to Russia: The origins and development of Russian Icons 1200 to 1900
Subjects
saint/martyr
virgin and child
Associated names
Named in inscription & portrayed:
Virgin Mary
Named in inscription & portrayed:
Jesus Christ
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
C Schmidt
Acquisition date
1869
Department
Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number
1869,0712.3