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Knife handle in the form of a lioness
Knife handle in the form of a lioness

Knife handle in the form of a lioness

1st–2nd century A.D.
Medium/TechniqueChalcedony
Credit LineHenry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession number98.769
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ClassificationsTools and equipment
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.