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Scarab with Mythical Figures

DateAncient

CulturePhoenician

MediumChalcedony

ClassificationGems

ProvenanceEmile Gavet, Paris (cat. #1006), approximately 1870s-1880s; sold to Mr. and Mrs. William K. and Alva Erskine Smith Vanderbilt, Gothic Room, Marble House, Newport, Rhode Island, 1889-1982; transfered to Mrs. Alva Erskine Smith Vanderbilt Belmont in divorce; purchased by John Ringling, 1928; bequest to The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, 1936

Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936

Object numberSN1435.154

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Dimensions13/16 x 9/16 x 9/16 in. (2 x 1.5 x 1.4 cm)