A PHOENICIAN GREEN JASPER SCARAB

CIRCA EARLY 5TH CENTURY B.C.

Details

A PHOENICIAN GREEN JASPER SCARAB
CIRCA EARLY 5TH CENTURY B.C.
The underside engraved with a smiting king or god attacking a humanoid, the attacking figure standing, his long cloak open revealing his right leg which is stepping up on the back side of the suppliant figure before him, his mace raised above his head, the lower portion of the diminutive figure merging with a net-pattern or tail, enclosed within a hatched border, perforated lengthwise
5/8 in. (1.6 cm.) long

Provenance

London Art Market, 1997.

Lot Essay

For the type, where the quarry is a small figure, either human or demonic, see section 18, pp. 66-67 in Boardman, Classical Phoenician Scarabs, A Catalogue and Study. For a bull-man attacking a similar figure see no. 21/7, op. cit.

More from Ancient Jewelry

View All