Man’s Vest

  • Titles Man's Vest (Descriptive)
  • Medium wool; silk
  • Credit Line Gift of Mr. Alan Heldman, 1980.466b
  • Work Type vest
  • Classification Costume

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Frieze tablet of solid light blue jasper with applied white jasper relief decoration of Achilles Dragging the Body of Hector Around the Walls of Troy, with Hector's wife looking on from a wall on the left, Achilles in a chariot with two horses drags the body of Hector, a winged figure with a laurel-leaf wreath is on the right, all on a thin ground.
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Cast-iron cross pendant, each arm pierced and with scrolling foliage motifs, in the center a small medallion with a rosette.