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CIRCA 6TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
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SEVENTEEN PHOENICIAN GREEN JASPER SCARABS
CIRCA 6TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
All strung together as a necklace, all naturalistically modelled, the undersides with engraved images including a pharoah smiting an enemy, a goddess with a child on her lap, crouching and standing warriors, a crouching satyr, a 'mistress of animals', birds and animals, alternated with 17 later corrugated biconical gold beads, with modern clasp
21¾ in. (55 cm.) long
CIRCA 6TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
All strung together as a necklace, all naturalistically modelled, the undersides with engraved images including a pharoah smiting an enemy, a goddess with a child on her lap, crouching and standing warriors, a crouching satyr, a 'mistress of animals', birds and animals, alternated with 17 later corrugated biconical gold beads, with modern clasp
21¾ in. (55 cm.) long
Provenance
The Thétis Collection, Geneva, Switzerland; acquired prior to 1970.
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