Knife handle in the form of a lioness
1st–2nd century A.D.
Medium/TechniqueChalcedony
Credit LineHenry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession number98.769
On View
Not on viewClassificationsTools and equipment
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1897, Michal Tyszkiewicz (b. 1828 - d. 1897), Rome; June 8 - 10, 1898, posthumous Tyszkiewicz sale, Hotel Drouot, Paris, lot 235 (said to be from Asia Minor); 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.
before 4300 B.C.
625–539 B.C.
475–400 B.C.
480–450 B.C.
about 1480–1370 B.C.
about 1420–1190 B.C.
about 1700–1600 B.C.
about 1700–1460 B.C.
about 1420–1190 B.C.
