Oval gem with Kassandra kneeling at Palladion
late 1st century B.C.
Medium/TechniqueCarnelian
DimensionsLength (without setting): 21 mm (13/16 in.)
Credit LineBartlett Collection—Museum purchase with funds from the Francis Bartlett Donation of 1912
Accession number27.713
On View
On viewClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1908: with Edward Perry Warren (according to J. D. Beazley, The Lewes House Collection of Ancient Gems, no. 93: Found at Chalkis in Euboea. Bought from Lambros in 1908.); April 5, 1926: loaned to MFA by Edward Perry Warren (as 67.26); November 17, 1927: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for $ 161,000.00 (this figure is the total price for MFA 27.647-27.761)
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.