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Sliced-barrel seal with heron
Greek
Classical Period
mid to late 5th century B.C.
Medium/Technique
Agate
Dimensions
Length: 19 mm (3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number98.721
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsSeals
DescriptionBanded white agate. Intaglio. Pierced for stringing (vertical). Motif oriented vertically. Heron, facing left, lifts one foot and looks up. Partial ground line.
ProvenanceBy 1897, Michal Tyszkiewicz (b. 1828 - d. 1897), Rome; June 8 - 10, 1898, posthumous Tyszkiewicz sale, Hotel Drouot, Paris, lot 283 (said to have been found in Greece). 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.