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Cameo with head of Medusa
Cameo with head of Medusa

Cameo with head of Medusa

1st century B.C.
Medium/TechniqueBanded agate
DimensionsLength: 2.9 cm (1 1/8 in)
Credit LineHenry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession number98.761
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Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceBy 1897, Michal Tyszkiewicz (b. 1828 - d. 1897), Rome; June 8 - 10, 1898, posthumous Tyszkiewicz sale, Hotel Drouot, Paris, lot 280 (said to have been found at Pergamon); 1898, Edward Perry Warren (b. 1860 - d. 1928), Rome and London; 1898, sold by Warren to the MFA for $69,618.13 [see note]. (Accession Date: September 20, 1898)

Note: This is the total price for MFA accession nos. 98.641-98.940.