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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