Lot Essay
For the same subject on a green jasper scarab in Barcelona, perhaps by the same hand, see no. 75 in Boardman, Escarabeos de Piedra Procedentes de Ibiza.
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CIRCA EARLY 5TH CENTURY B.C.
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A PHOENICIAN GREEN JASPER SCARABOID
Circa Early 5th Century B.C.
The underside engraved with a bearded king or hero battling a lion, a sword in his pulled back left hand, a flower in his forward-projecting right hand, standing with one leg on the lion's hind-quarters, the lion with its head turned back, a winged disk and a star above, the exergue cross-hatched, enclosed within a cable border, perforated lengthwise
1 in. (2.5 cm) long
Circa Early 5th Century B.C.
The underside engraved with a bearded king or hero battling a lion, a sword in his pulled back left hand, a flower in his forward-projecting right hand, standing with one leg on the lion's hind-quarters, the lion with its head turned back, a winged disk and a star above, the exergue cross-hatched, enclosed within a cable border, perforated lengthwise
1 in. (2.5 cm) long