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Oval gem with maschalismos
Italic
Hellenistic Period
3rd century B.C.
Medium/Technique
Carnelian
Dimensions
Length: 16 mm (5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Edward Perry Warren
Accession Number23.599
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Gems
Catalogue Raisonné
Lewes House Gems, no. 090 (1920; 2002).
DescriptionOrange-red carnelian. Long, oval intaglio; front and back slightly convex; wall tapering inward; in modern gold ring. Maschalismos: two nude men, facing in profile, dismembering the trunk of a youth. The head rests on the ground. The man at left wears a chlamys. The other lifts a short sword. Uneven ground line. Hatched border.
ProvenanceBy 1916: with Edward Perry Warren (according to J. D. Beazley, The Lewes House Collection of Ancient Gems, no. 90: Bought in London, 1916.); November 21, 1923: gift of Edward Perry Warren to MFA