Cameo with Saint George, 1100–1300, Byzantine, Jasper, Overall: 1 1/4 x 11/16 x 5/16 in. (3.2 x 1.8 x 0.8 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
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Cameo, Saint George, 1100–1300, Byzantine, Jasper, Overall, 1 1/4 x 11/16 5/16, 3.2 1.8 0.8 cm, Lapidary Work-Jasper, holds, shield, sword, emphasizing, role, protector, Expensive cameo, semiprecious hard, stone, carvings, personal devotion, highly prized, imitations, glass paste, produced, general populace, Byzantium, abroad
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