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
On View
Not on viewClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
Collections
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.
Note: This is the total price for MFA accession nos. 98.641-98.940.
6th century B.C.
450–400 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.