Scarab with horse facing right | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1910.68
Title: Scarab with horse facing right
Classification: Gems
Work Type: gem
Date: 400 BCE-200 BCE
Places: Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe
Period: Hellenistic period
Culture: Etruscan
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/293221

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Banded agate
Technique: Intaglio
Dimensions: 0.2 cm (1/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: G. Owen Bryant, gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1910.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Owen Bryant
Accession Year: 1910
Object Number: 1910.68
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Brown/white/black banded agate. Scarab with a flat, base engraved intaglio. Horse facing right in a globolo style. Back carved as a beetle with incised elytra and legs, hatched thorax, and plain plinth.

Publication History

G. Max Bernheimer, "Catalog of the Greek Engraved Gems in the Collection of the Harvard University Art Museums" (1988), p. 81-82, no. 30

Verification Level

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1910.68: Scarab with horse facing right