Object Number | 29-221-312 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Persia |
Section | Near Eastern |
Materials | Ostrich Egg Shell |
Technique | Cameo |
Description | Rude Persian cameo carved on ostrich shell to represent the consultation of a dervish patriarch. Trees and mountains in the background. Sommerville: Rude Persian cameo on ostrich egg-shell--Apparently representing a consultation with a dervish patriach. The oval dervish cabalistic bowl in the foreground lends color to this explanation. |
Length | 6.5 cm |
Width | 8.2 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 312 - Sommerville Number | 1637 - Sommerville Amulet/Talisman Number |
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