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Scarab with two sphinxes at sacred tree
Scarab with two sphinxes at sacred tree

Scarab with two sphinxes at sacred tree

6th century B.C.
Medium/TechniqueBanded agate
DimensionsLength: 18 mm (11/16 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated by contribution
Accession number01.7551
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ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
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 254 (said to have been found in Cyprus); by date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren; purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, 1901