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
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 254 (said to have been found in Cyprus); by date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren; purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, 1901
450–400 B.C.
1st century B.C.
about 450–400 B.C.
500–475 B.C.
early 5th century B.C.
1st century B.C. (?) or 18th century
19th century A.D.
2nd century A.D.
883–612 B.C.