A GREEK BROWN SERPENTINE LENTOID ISLAND GEM WITH A LION

Lot 152
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Lot 152 | A GREEK BROWN SERPENTINE LENTOID ISLAND GEM WITH A LION
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A GREEK BROWN SERPENTINE LENTOID ISLAND GEM WITH A LION

ARCHAIC PERIOD, CIRCA LATE 7TH-EARLY 6TH CENTURY B.C.

9/16 in. (1.5 cm.) wide





Provenance

Richard M. Dawkins (1871-1955), Oxford; thence by descent.

A Collection of Minoan Gems, The Property of the late Professor R.M. Dawkins; Antiquities, Sotheby's, London, 1-2 July 1957, lot 81 (part).

with K.J. Hewett (1919-1994), London, acquired from the above (according to auctioneer's book).

Bard Collection, London, acquired by 1970.

Auktion XXV, Frank Sternberg AG, Zurich, 25-26 November 1991, lot 681.

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

Acquired by the current owner from the above, 2011.



Literature

J. Boardman, Island Gems: A Study of Greek Seals in the Geometric and Early Archaic Periods, London, 1963, p. 34, no. 68, pl. III.

J. Boardman, Greek Gems and Finger Rings, London, 1970, pp. 120, 135, pl. 228.

G.M. Bernheimer, Ancient Gems from the Borowski Collection, Ruhpolding, 2007, p. 34, no. EG-3.
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