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Scaraboid gem with walking zebu
Scaraboid gem with walking zebu

Scaraboid gem with walking zebu

about 450–400 B.C.
Medium/TechniqueBanded agate
DimensionsLength: 21 mm (13/16 in.)
Credit LineBartlett Collection—Museum purchase with funds from the Francis Bartlett Donation of 1912
Accession number23.584
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceAccording to J. D. Beazley, The Lewes House Collection of Ancient Gems, no. 64: stated by Froehner to have been found in Greece; by 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 264; by date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren; November 21, 1923: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for
$ 32,948.27 (this figure is the total purchase price for MFA 23.576-23.594)