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Scarab with a vulture perched on rock above coiled serpent
Italic, Etruscan
Classical Period
450–400 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Carnelian
Dimensions
Legacy dimension: 0.016 L.
Credit Line
Gift of Edward Perry Warren
Accession Number27.773
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Jewelry, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Scarabs and scaraboids
DescriptionVulture on rocky outcropping, bending down toward a coiled, bearded serpent. Hatched border. Back carved as a beetle with hatched line around the thorax. Plastic legs and spiked front legs. Slightly offset plinth with tongue pattern. Two cracks on the intaglio side. Reddish orange carnelian. Scarab with flat, oval base engraved in intaglio; pierced lengthwise.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren; April 5, 1926: loaned to MFA by Edward Perry Warren (as 45.26); November 17, 1927: gift of Edward Perry Warren to MFA