Scarab Carved in Intaglio with a Pig-Man

5th century BCE (Late Archaic-Classical)

1.2 cm 1.5 cm

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The figure of a pig-headed man derives from the epic story "The Odyssey," which tells of Odysseus' visit to the island home of Circe, a sorceress who turned Odysseus' companions into swine. The stooping pose and hatched border of this carved intaglio scarab are typical Etrusca...

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Sadie Jones (Mrs. Henry Walters), New York, 1931, by inheritance; Sale, Joseph Brummer, New York, 1942; Walters Art Museum, 1942, by purchase.
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