A GREEK CHROME CHALCEDONY SLICED BARREL WITH APOLLO AND A FAWN

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Lot 161 | A GREEK CHROME CHALCEDONY SLICED BARREL WITH APOLLO AND A FAWN
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A GREEK CHROME CHALCEDONY SLICED BARREL WITH APOLLO AND A FAWN

CLASSICAL PERIOD, CIRCA 470-460 B.C.

9/16 in. (1.4 cm.) long





Provenance

Auktion XXVI, Frank Sternberg AG, Zurich, 16 November 1992, lot 522.

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

Acquired by the current owner from the above, 2011.



Literature

G.M. Bernheimer, Ancient Gems from the Borowski Collection, Ruhpolding, 2007, p. 41, no. CG-1.

H.C.L. Wiegandt, Die griechischen Siegel der klassischen Zeit: Ikonographischer Vergleich, Frankfurt, 2009, pp. 27-28; Katalog p. 8, no. Aba2, pl. IV.
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