Cameo with Saint Nicholas, 12th–13th century, Made in Venice ?, Byzantine or Italian, Moulded glass paste, Overall: 1 x 13/16 x

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Cameo with Saint Nicholas, 12th–13th century, Made in Venice ?, Byzantine or Italian, Moulded glass paste, Overall: 1 x 13/16 x 5/16 in. ( x 2 x cm), Glass, This glass paste imitation cameo is of Saint Nicholas of Myra, who wears clerical dress identifying him as a bishop. 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

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Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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