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Source Description
This scarab bears an image of a lioness carved in intaglio on the underside. The lion is walking to the left on a ground line.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
11221
label
Scarab with a Lioness Set in a Swivel Pendant
core
obj
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object
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1
Source metadata
id
11221
sourceUrl
contentType
object
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normalized
title
Scarab with a Lioness Set in a Swivel Pendant
description
This scarab bears an image of a lioness carved in intaglio on the underside. The lion is walking to the left on a ground line.
provenance
Alfred Morrison, London, by 1898, [mode of acquisition unknown]; A. Morrison Sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, June 29, 1898, lot 41; Charles Newton-Robinson, London, by 1904, [mode of acquisition unknown]; Charles Newton-Robinson sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 22 June 1909, lot 9; Dikran Kelekian, Paris and New York, 1909, by purchase [Smith as agent]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1909, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
5th-4th century BCE (Classical)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
scarabs
intaglios
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1
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 3/4 in. (1.9 cm)
Source extras
cul
Greek
med
chaldedony with gold mount
creator_ids
6256
collection_ids
GRC
JWL
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
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0
type
photo
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2f5312e06cf0f727