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Cameo with a goat

Roman
Imperial Period
1st century A.D.

Medium/Technique Sardonyx
Dimensions Length: 1.8 cm (11/16 in.)
Credit Line Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number98.760
ClassificationsJewelry / AdornmentCameos

DescriptionOval, white over brown sardonyx cameo. Goat grazing to right. Ground line.
ProvenanceBy 1897, Michal Tyszkiewicz (b. 1828 - d. 1897), Rome; June 8 - 10, 1898, posthumous Tyszkiewicz sale, Hotel Drouot, Paris, lot 279; 1898, Edward Perry Warren (b. 1860 - d. 1928), Rome and London; 1898, sold by Warren to the MFA for $69,618.13 [see note]. (Accession Date: September 20, 1898)

Note: This is the total price for MFA accession nos. 98.641-98.940.