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Scarab with Herakles brandishing club
Greek
Archaic Period
6th century B.C.
Medium/Technique
Carnelian
Dimensions
1.4 cm (9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number98.729
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CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Scarabs and scaraboids
DescriptionIntaglio. Pierced for stringing. Motif is vertical. Herakles standing at left, faces right and raises club in his right hand, while holding a bow in his left. Quiver is hanging across his body. At right, a smaller figure steps back, with hands help up in supplication. Hatched border. Exergue has alternating diagonal lines. Beetle: hatched front legs. Double line between thorax and elytra. Line separating elytra.
ProvenanceBy 1897, Michal Tyszkiewicz (b. 1828 - d. 1897), Rome; June 8 - 10, 1898, posthumous Tyszkiewicz sale, Hotel Drouot, Paris, lot 262 (bought in Naples); 1898, Edward Perry Warren (b. 1860 - d. 1928), Rome and London; 1898, sold by Warren to the MFA for $69,618.13 [see note]. (Accession Date: September 20, 1898)
Note: this is the total price for MFA accession nos. 98.641-98.940.
Note: this is the total price for MFA accession nos. 98.641-98.940.