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. (2.6 x 2 x 0.8 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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Cameo, Saint Nicholas, 12th–13th century, Venice ?, Byzantine, Italian, Moulded glass paste, Overall, 1 x 13/16 5/16, 2.6 2 0.8 cm, Glass, glass, paste, imitation, cameo, Myra, wears clerical, dress, identifying, bishop, Expensive cameo, semiprecious hard, stone, carvings, personal devotion, highly prized, imitations, glass, produced, general populace, Byzantium, abroad
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