Scaraboid gem with a lion attacking a bull
about 500 B.C.
Medium/TechniqueChalcedony
DimensionsLength: 22 mm (7/8 in.)
Credit LineHenry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession number98.720
On View
Not on viewClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1897, Michal Tyszkiewicz (b. 1828 - d. 1897), Rome [see note 1]; June 8 - 10, 1898, posthumous Tyszkiewicz sale, Hotel Drouot, Paris, lot 265. 1898, Edward Perry Warren (b. 1860 - d. 1928), Rome and London; 1898, sold by Warren to the MFA for $69,618.13 [note 2]. (Accession Date: September 20, 1898)
Notes:
[1According to Warren's records: "This gem was brought in to Rhousopoulos when J. M. was with him. It was given to Count Tyszkiewicz in exchange for one we had given him before, which we wanted back. Said to come from Thebes."
[2]Total price for MFA accession nos. 98.641-98.940.
Notes:
[1According to Warren's records: "This gem was brought in to Rhousopoulos when J. M. was with him. It was given to Count Tyszkiewicz in exchange for one we had given him before, which we wanted back. Said to come from Thebes."
[2]Total price for MFA accession nos. 98.641-98.940.
475–400 B.C.
480–450 B.C.
450–400 B.C.
mid 5th century 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.