Cameo with Saint George, 1100–1300, Byzantine, Jasper, Overall: 1 1/4 x 11/16 x 5/16 in. ( x x cm), Lapidary Work

---

Cameo with Saint George, 1100–1300, Byzantine, Jasper, Overall: 1 1/4 x 11/16 x 5/16 in. ( x x cm), Lapidary Work-Jasper, 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

---

Size: 2574px × 4388px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: , 1, , 1/4, 11/16, 1100–1300, , 5/16, byzantine, byzantium, cameo, carvings, cm, devotion, emphasizing, expensive, general, george, glass, hard, highly, holds, imitations, jasper, lapidary, paste, personal, populace, prized, produced, protector, role, saint, semiprecious, shield, stone, sword, work-jasper