Sliced-barrel seal with heron
mid to late 5th century B.C.
Medium/TechniqueAgate
DimensionsLength: 19 mm (3/4 in.)
Credit LineHenry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession number98.721
On View
Not on viewClassificationsSeals
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1897, Michal Tyszkiewicz (b. 1828 - d. 1897), Rome; June 8 - 10, 1898, posthumous Tyszkiewicz sale, Hotel Drouot, Paris, lot 283 (said to have been found in Greece). 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.
about 1635–1410 B.C.
about 1480–1315 B.C.
about 1470–1370 B.C.
about 1800–1410 B.C.
450–400 B.C.
450–400 B.C.
743–712 B.C.
883–612 B.C.
after 323 B.C.
A.D. 226–651
A.D. 226–651