Glyptography

DEFINITION

The craft of carving on stones, especially on precious stones, and includes many cameos, intaglios, and seals.Example products of glyptography:Dexamenos (Greek, Chios), Intaglio of a Flying Heron, 5th century BCE, chalcedony, gold, 1.7 x 2.2 cm, State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia. See Greek art.