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Scaraboid gem with grazing cow
Greek
Early Classical Period
475–450 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Chalcedony
Dimensions
Length: 22 mm (7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number98.718
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Scarabs and scaraboids
DescriptionIntaglio. Pierced for stringing (horizontally). Motif oriented horizontally. Cow in profile, facing right and grazing from the branches of a small tree. Cow standing on a wavy ground line.
ProvenanceBy 1897, Michal Tyszkiewicz (b. 1828 - d. 1897), Rome; June 8 - 10, 1898, posthumous Tyszkiewicz sale, Hotel Drouot, Paris, lot 266 (said to have been bought in Rome). 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.