Scaraboid gem with heron
450–425 B.C.
Medium/TechniqueChalcedony
DimensionsLength x width: 22 x 17 mm (7/8 x 11/16 in.)
Credit LineBartlett Collection—Museum purchase with funds from the Francis Bartlett Donation of 1912
Accession number21.1206
On View
Not on viewClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1900: with Edward Perry Warren (according to J. D. Beazley, The Lewes House Collection of Ancient Gems, no. 66: Bought in Athens, 1900.); April 7, 1901: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for $ 30,000.00 (this figure is the total purchase price for MFA 21.1193-21.1221)
475–400 B.C.
480–450 B.C.
450–400 B.C.
mid 5th century B.C.
about 500 B.C.
550–331 B.C.
2nd century A.D.
Late 5th–early 4th century B.C.
500–331 B.C.