ATTRIBUTED TO THE COMMON STYLE, ARCHAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 550-525 B.C.

Details

A GREEK CARNELIAN SCARAB WITH A LION ATTACKING A GOAT
ATTRIBUTED TO THE COMMON STYLE, ARCHAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 550-525 B.C.
¾ in. (1.8 cm.) long

Provenance

Auktion XXV, Frank Sternberg AG, Zurich, 25-26 November 1991, lot 683.
with Dr. Elie Borowski (1913-2003), Toronto and Jerusalem; thence by descent.
Acquired by the current owner from the above, 2011.

Literature

G.M. Bernheimer, Ancient Gems from the Borowski Collection, Ruhpolding, 2007, pp. 34-35, no. EG-4.

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Lot Essay

The plain beetle has a carinated ridge dividing the elytra. The underside is engraved with a lion attacking a goat, enclosed within a hatched border. The lion has a crosshatched mane with projecting bristles, which stylistically connects this gem to others grouped together by J. Boardman under the Common Style (see nos. 377-405, pp. 125-128 in Archaic Greek Gems).

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