Cameo

29-221-307

From: Persia

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number 29-221-307
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Persia
Section Near Eastern
Materials Ostrich Egg Shell
Technique Cameo
Description

Persian cameo on ostrich shell. A hermit is depicted sitting near water, which has heads of fish emerging.

Sommerville: Rude Persian cameo on ostrich egg-shell--A hermit seated by the margin of the water. The water is represented conventionally by the heads of fishes emerging from the water.

Length 6.4 cm
Width 8.2 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 307 - Sommerville Number | 1636 - Sommerville Amulet/Talisman Number

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