CIRCA SECOND HALF OF THE 5TH CENTURY B.C.

Details

A GRECO-PERSIAN CHALCEDONY TABLOID WITH A HERON
CIRCA SECOND HALF OF THE 5TH CENTURY B.C.
7⁄8 in. (2.3 cm.) long

Provenance

American private collection, New York.
New York art market, acquired from the above, 1984.

Further details

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Lot Essay

Elegantly engraved with a heron facing to the right, with chamfered edges on the reverse and pierced for suspension as a pendant. For the tabloid shape see J. Boardman, Greek Gems and Finger Rings, London, 1970, p. 315, no. 291 and for a similar heron see Boardman op. cit, no. 934.

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