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Scaraboid gem with heron
After: Dexamenos
Greek
Classical Period
450–425 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Chalcedony
Dimensions
Length x width: 22 x 17 mm (7/8 x 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bartlett Collection—Museum purchase with funds from the Francis Bartlett Donation of 1912
Accession Number21.1206
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Scarabs and scaraboids
Catalogue Raisonné
Lewes House Gems, no. 066 (1920; 2002, additional published references).
DescriptionIntaglio. Pierced for stringing (horizontal). Motif oriented vertically. Heron, facing left, with a single long plume on head, lifts one leg and points beak upwards. Situated on a ground line. Line border.
ProvenanceBy 1900: with Edward Perry Warren (according to J. D. Beazley, The Lewes House Collection of Ancient Gems, no. 66: Bought in Athens, 1900.); April 7, 1901: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for $ 30,000.00 (this figure is the total purchase price for MFA 21.1193-21.1221)