A GRECO-PERSIAN BLUE CHALCEDONY SCARABOID OF A HERO WITH LION-GRIFFIN

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£ 10 710
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07.12.2022 13:00UTC +01:00
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Лот 93 | A GRECO-PERSIAN BLUE CHALCEDONY SCARABOID OF A HERO WITH LION-GRIFFIN
A GRECO-PERSIAN BLUE CHALCEDONY SCARABOID OF A HERO WITH LION-GRIFFIN

ARCHAIC COURT STYLE, CIRCA LATE 6TH- EARLY 5TH CENTURY B.C.

1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm.) long





Provenance

Paul Julius Arndt (1865-1937), Munich (collection number A1419), said to be from Tarentum.

Giorgio Sangiorgi (1886-1965), Rome, acquired and brought to Switzerland, late 1930s; thence by continuous descent to the current owner.



Literature

F. von Duhn, "Alcune nuove gemme graeco-persiane," in Symbolae litterariae in honorem Julii de Petra, Naples, 1911, p. 40, fig. 3.

J. Boardman, Greek Gems and Finger Rings, London, 1970, p. 309, fig. 280.

J. Boardman and C. Wagner, Masterpieces in Miniature: Engraved Gems from Prehistory to the Present, London, 2018, p. 68, no. 59.



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