A GREEK BLUE CHALCEDONY SCARABOID WITH POSEIDON RIDING A DOLPHIN

Lot 159
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Lot 159 | A GREEK BLUE CHALCEDONY SCARABOID WITH POSEIDON RIDING A DOLPHIN
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A GREEK BLUE CHALCEDONY SCARABOID WITH POSEIDON RIDING A DOLPHIN

LATE ARCHAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 500-480 B.C.

¾ in. (2 cm.) long





Provenance

with Dr. Elie Borowski (1913-2003), Toronto and Jerusalem, acquired by 1983; thence by descent.

Acquired by the current owner from the above, 2011.



Literature

J.G. Westenholz, ed., Dragons, Monsters and Fabulous Beasts, Jerusalem, 2004, p. 54, no. 7.

G.M. Bernheimer, Ancient Gems from the Borowski Collection, Ruhpolding, 2007, p. 39, no. EG-12.

H.C.L. Wiegandt, Die griechischen Siegel der klassischen Zeit: Ikonographischer Vergleich, Frankfurt, 2009, pp. 54-55; Katalog p. 79, no. Cbb19, pl. L.



Exhibited

Jerusalem, Bible Lands Museum, Dragons, Monsters and Fabulous Beasts, 2004.
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