Advanced Search 
Scaraboid gem with Eros
Greek
Late Archaic or Early Classical Period
early 5th century B.C.
Medium/Technique
Chalcedony
Dimensions
Length: 15 mm (9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Edward Perry Warren
Accession Number27.767
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Scarabs and scaraboids
Catalogue Raisonné
Lewes House Gems, no. 033 (1920; 2002, additional published references).
DescriptionBurnt chalcedony. Intaglio. Set in a modern gold ring. Eros flying to the left, holding a lyre in his left hand and a wreath in right hand. He has wings at shoulders and ankles, and both sets curve up at the tips. Hatched border.
Provenance1907: bought by Edward Perry Warren from a Carian who said it came from Caria (according to J. D. Beazley, The Lewes House Collection of Ancient Gems, no. 33); April 5, 1926: loaned to MFA by Edward Perry Warren (as 121.26); November 17, 1927: gift of Edward Perry Warren to MFA