Scaraboid gem with a dolphin
450–400 B.C.
Medium/TechniqueChalcedony
DimensionsLength: 24 mm (15/16 in.)
Credit LineBartlett Collection—Museum purchase with funds from the Francis Bartlett Donation of 1912
Accession number27.690
On View
Not on viewClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
Collections
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: bought in Greece); April 5, 1926: loaned by Edward Perry Warren to MFA as 139.26; November 17, 1927: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for
$ 161,000.00 (this figure is the total price for MFA 27.647-27.761)
$ 161,000.00 (this figure is the total price for MFA 27.647-27.761)
475–400 B.C.
480–450 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.
1st century A.D.
late 5th–early 4th century B.C.