ARCHAIC PERIOD, CIRCA EARLY 5TH CENTURY B.C.

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A GREEK CARNELIAN SCARAB WITH A YOUTH LEANING ON A STAFF
ARCHAIC PERIOD, CIRCA EARLY 5TH CENTURY B.C.
1/2 in. (1.3 cm.) long

Provenance

Giorgio Sangiorgi (1886-1965), Rome, acquired and brought to Switzerland, late 1930s; thence by continuous descent to the current owner.

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Lot Essay

The naked, well-muscled youth is leaning on a notched staff under his armpit, holding one leg up behind, his head turned back. The scene is surrounded with a hatched border. For an archaic gem with youth leaning on a staff with one foot raised, cf. J. Boardman, Archaic Gems, London, 1968, p. 104, no. 303, pl. XX, and for another with youth leaning on a similar notched staff, cf. op. cit. p. 107, no. 317, pl. XXII.

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