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PROPERTY FROM THE LEO MILDENBERG COLLECTION OF ANCIENT ANIMALS
A GRAECO-PERSIAN BLUE CHALCEDONY SCARABOID
CIRCA LATE 5TH CENTURY B.C.
Details
A GRAECO-PERSIAN BLUE CHALCEDONY SCARABOID
CIRCA LATE 5TH CENTURY B.C.
Engraved with a bear charging to the right, its mouth open, the head well modelled, the fur rendered by a series of short strokes
1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm.) long
CIRCA LATE 5TH CENTURY B.C.
Engraved with a bear charging to the right, its mouth open, the head well modelled, the fur rendered by a series of short strokes
1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm.) long
Literature
U. Gehrig, ed., Tierbilder aus vier Jahrtausenden, Antiken der Sammlung Mildenberg, Mainz am Rhein, 1983, no. 131 bis.
G. Zahlhaas, Aus Noahs Arche, Tierbilder de Sammlung Mildenberg aus fünf Jahrtausenden, Part IV, Mainz am Rhein, 1996, no. 76.
P.E. Mottahedeh, ed., Out of Noah's Art, Animals in Ancient Art from the Leo Mildenberg Collection, Jerusalem, 1997, no. 76.
G. Zahlhaas, Aus Noahs Arche, Tierbilder de Sammlung Mildenberg aus fünf Jahrtausenden, Part IV, Mainz am Rhein, 1996, no. 76.
P.E. Mottahedeh, ed., Out of Noah's Art, Animals in Ancient Art from the Leo Mildenberg Collection, Jerusalem, 1997, no. 76.