A FINE GREEK BLACK OBSIDIAN ENGRAVED SCARAB SET... Lot 37

A FINE GREEK BLACK OBSIDIAN ENGRAVED SCARAB SET IN A GOLD SWIVEL SEAL PENDANT. FROG. 5th - 4th - century B.C. 13 x 17 x 9 mm; 5,40 gr. A Frog, seen from the top, with its forelegs placed forward and the hindlegs bent, as if about to jump. Hatched border. Wear marks. Rare. G.M.A. Richter,The engraved gems of the Greeks and the Etruscans. A History of Greek art in miniature, p. 122 n. 471. Provenance: From the collection of an European gentleman, acquired on the art market