Scaraboid gem with gorgon as winged centaur seizing a lion
6th century B.C.
Medium/TechniqueRock crystal
DimensionsLength: 27 mm (1 1/16 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated by contribution
Accession number01.7558
On View
Not on viewClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
Collections
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Count Michel Tyszkiewicz Collection; 1898: auction of the M. Tyszkiewicz Collection, Hotel des Commissaires-Priseurs, 9 rue Drouot, Paris, June 8-10, lot 270; by date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren; purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, 1901
about 1600–1300 B.C.
late 6th century B.C.
about 6th century B.C.
6th–4th century B.C.
6th–4th century B.C.
5th–late 4th century B.C.
early 6th–late 4th century B.C.
early 6th–late 4th century B.C.
4th-5th century A.D. or early 19th century ?
mid 2nd to 3rd century A.D.
about 5th–4th century B.C.
mid-5th–mid-4th century B.C.