Unknown Greek
Seal

CultureGreek
Titles
  • Seal
Date1638?
PlaceVlase, Greece
MediumBronze
DimensionsOverall: 2 × 2 1/4 × 3/4 in. (5.1 × 5.7 × 1.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Miss Annette Finnigan
Object number37.57
Not on view

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Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History"The Treasury of San Marco," M.D. Anderson Library, University of Houston, January 19–February 8, 1987.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscription: Inscription translation by Costis Dimaras, Institute of Cultural Relations, Athens, Greece:
"In honor of the birthday of the Mother of God, the Patriarch of the holy, religious, and respectful Monastery of the Virgin in the village of Vlase has ordered this made."

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