Sleeve Band: Personification
6th-9th century
Description
In the central roundel is a bust of a female personfication dressed in a green robe dotted with white. She holds a budding bough in each hand. Above her is an inscription in Greek letters reading ΓΕΩΡΓΕ (Georgi). The four smaller roundels contain nereids riding sea creatures. Horizontal bands containing red flowers alternate with blue bands containing fish.
Dimensions
32.5 x 17.4 cm (12 13/16 x 6 7/8 in.)
Provenance
Collection Besselièvre, Paris (by 1911), sold; Charles Bain Hoyt (by 1931), gift; to the Fogg Museum.
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