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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 view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
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)