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Scaraboid gem with bull calf
Greek
Classical Period
450–425 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Agate
Credit Line
Bartlett Collection—Museum purchase with funds from the Francis Bartlett Donation of 1912
Accession Number21.1211
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Scarabs and scaraboids
Catalogue Raisonné
Lewes House Gems, no. 076 (1920; 2002, additional published references).
DescriptionBlack agate streaked with grey. Intaglio. Pierced for stringing (horizontal). Motif oriented horizontally. Bull calf, facing left, with head bent down slightly.
ProvenanceSent from Constantinople according to Froehner (cited in J. D. Beazley, The Lewes House Collection of Ancient Gems, no. 76); by date unknown: Count Michel Tyszkiewicz Collection; 1898: auction of the M. Tyszkiewicz Collection, Hotel des Commissaires-Priseurs, 9 rue Drouot, Paris, June 8-10, lot 269; by date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren; April 7, 1921: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for $ 30,000.00 (this figure is the total purchase price for MFA 21.1193-21.1221)