CIRCA 3RD-2ND CENTURY B.C.

Details

AN ETRUSCAN CARNELIAN SCARAB WITH A YOUTH HOLDING A HARE
CIRCA 3RD-2ND CENTURY B.C.
9/16 in. (1.4 cm.) long

Provenance

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

Special notice

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Lot Essay

The detailed beetle with winglets is incised with two curving scrolls on its back. Engraved in the Late Etruscan Free Style, a nude huntsman is shown holding a lagabolon and a hare by its ears, the scene enclosed within a hatched border.

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