A GREEK GLASS SCARABOID
A GREEK GLASS SCARABOID

CLASSICAL PERIOD, CIRCA 4TH CENTURY B.C.

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A GREEK GLASS SCARABOID
CLASSICAL PERIOD, CIRCA 4TH CENTURY B.C.
Transparent pale green in color, molded with a crouching nude female figure, perhaps Aphrodite, gazing into a hand-mirror, her hair seemingly bound in a sakkos, on a short groundline, perforated lengthwise
15/16 in. (2.4 cm.) long
Provenance
American Private Collection, 1990s.

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