Lot Essay
For the subject compare the white steatite lentoid formerly in the Dawkins Collection, no. 281 in Boardman, Island Gems.
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CIRCA LATE 7TH-EARLY 6TH CENTURY B.C.
Details
A GREEK PALE GREEN STEATITE AMYGDALOID "ISLAND GEM"
CIRCA LATE 7TH-EARLY 6TH CENTURY B.C.
Engraved with the foreparts of two winged horses joined in a whirl, with three pellets in the field
7/8 in. (2.2 cm.) long
CIRCA LATE 7TH-EARLY 6TH CENTURY B.C.
Engraved with the foreparts of two winged horses joined in a whirl, with three pellets in the field
7/8 in. (2.2 cm.) long
Provenance
Hans and Marie-Louis Erlenmeyer, Basel.
The Erlenmeyer Collection of Cretan Seals; Christie's, London, 5 June 1989, lot 143.
The Erlenmeyer Collection of Cretan Seals; Christie's, London, 5 June 1989, lot 143.
Literature
M.-L. and H. Erlenmeyer, " Über Griechische und Altorientalische Tierkampfgruppen" in Antike Kunst, vol. II, 1958, pl. 29.5
J. Boardman, Island Gems, A study of Greek Seals in the Geometric and Early Archaic Periods, London, 1963, no. 279.
J. Boardman, Island Gems, A study of Greek Seals in the Geometric and Early Archaic Periods, London, 1963, no. 279.
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