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Cameo with two cupids making arms
Cameo with two cupids making arms

Cameo with two cupids making arms

1st–3rd century A.D.
Medium/TechniqueSardonyx
DimensionsLength: 1.7 cm (11/16 in.)
Credit LineBartlett Collection—Museum purchase with funds from the Francis Bartlett Donation of 1912
Accession number27.751
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren (according to his records: bought in Greece); loaned to MFA by Edward Perry Warren, October 28, 1925 (as 555.25); purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, November 17, 1927, for $ 161,000.00 (this figure is the total price for MFA 27.647-27.761)
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