Faceted gem with two quadrupeds
4th-5th century A.D. or early 19th century ?
Medium/TechniqueRock crystal
DimensionsLength x width: 9 x 7 mm (3/8 x 1/4 in.)
Credit LineHay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way
Accession number72.864
On View
Not on viewClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1836: Robert Hay Collection, Linplum, Scotland; 1863: to his son, Robert James Alexander Hay; 1868-1872: Way Collection, Boston (purchased by Samuel A. Way through London dealers Rollin and Feuardent, 27 Haymarket); 1872: given to the MFA by Samuel's son, C. Granville Way.
about 1600–1300 B.C.
6th century 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.
mid 2nd to 3rd century A.D.
about 5th–4th century B.C.
mid-5th–mid-4th century B.C.