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Cylinder seal with boar
Greek, East Greek
Classical Period
late 5th century B.C.
Medium/Technique
Chalcedony
Dimensions
Length: 20 mm (13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bartlett Collection—Museum purchase with funds from the Francis Bartlett Donation of 1912
Accession Number27.696
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsSeals
Catalogue Raisonné
Lewes House Gems, no. 071 (1920; 2002, additional published references).
DescriptionIntaglio. Set in modern gold ring. Boar, walking to the right, with a crested main of bristles terminating at the shoulder, transitioning to a striated roll along the back, and reverting to bristles along the rump.
ProvenanceBy 1913: with Edward Perry Warren (according to J. D. Beazley, The Lewes House Collection of Ancient Gems, no. 71: purchased from W. T. Ready in 1913.); April 5, 1926: loaned to MFA by Edward Perry Warren (as 58.26); November 17, 1927: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for $ 161,000.00 (this figure is the total price for MFA 27.647-27.761)