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Oval gem with bust of a woman
Greek or Roman
Hellenistic Period
1st century B.C.
Medium/Technique
Carnelian
Dimensions
Length: 29 mm (1 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Edward Perry Warren
Accession Number27.774
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Gems
DescriptionCarnelian. Oval intaglio with flat front and back; wall tapering inward. Bust of a woman from ¾ back and head in profile. She wears a chiton and a sakkos, from which slip a few strands of hair along her forehead and nape. Fine carving with careful modeling of the drapery but very little on the face. Small chip missing at the top.
ProvenanceBy 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 297; by date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren; April 5, 1926: loaned to MFA by Edward Perry Warren (as 40.26); gift of Edward Perry Warren to MFA, November 17, 1927