Scarab with Aktaion and a dog by a fountain
450–400 B.C.
Medium/TechniqueCarnelian
DimensionsLength: 16 mm (5/8 in.)
Credit LineHenry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession number98.730
On View
Not on viewClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
Collections
ProvenanceAlfred Morrison (b. 1821 - d. 1897), London; June 29-30, 1898, posthumous Morrison sale, Christie, Manson and Woods, London, lot 48, to Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: Morrison sale, no. 48); 1898: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for $ 69,618.13 (this figure is the total price for MFA 98.641-98.940)
late 1st century B.C.–1st century A.D.
1st century B.C.
3rd–1st century B.C.
early 1st century B.C.
6th century B.C.
2nd – 1st century B.C.
1st century B.C.
1st century B.C.
1st century B.C.
2nd century B.C.
2nd century B.C.
1st century B.C.–1st century A.D.