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Scarab with a griffin
Italic, Etruscan
Hellenistic Period
late 4th–early 3rd century B.C.
Medium/Technique
Carnelian
Dimensions
Length: 13 mm (1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Mrs. Gardner Brewer
Accession Number98.1125
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Scarabs and scaraboids
DescriptionOrange-red carnelian. Scarab with a flat, oval base engraved in intaglio; pierced lengthwise. Griffin with extended wings in profile to left. Hatched border. ‘A globolo’ technique. Back carved as a beetle with the thorax and the elytra divided with a line. Winglets indicated with a chevron and a line on the right and two parallel lines on the left. Plastic, hatched legs. Hatched plinth.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Mrs. Gardner Brewer Collection; bequest of Mrs. Gardner Brewer to MFA; accessioned: November 1898