AN ETRUSCAN CARNELIAN ENGRAVED SCARAB. SEATED... Lot 47
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AN ETRUSCAN CARNELIAN ENGRAVED SCARAB. SEATED HYBRID FIGURE WITH A WILD BOAR'S HEAD.
5th - 4th century B.C.
12 x 18 x 8 mm
Hybrid figure sitting on his own legs composed of a human body and a boar's head. The creature is facing left and holds a kantharos. Use of globular elements. Dotted frame. Through hole. Slight wear marks. Interesting rare subject.
P. Zazoff, Die Etruskische Sskarabaen, tafel 35 n. 169 (probably same workshop). Furtwangler. AG, Taf. 18,44.
Provenance: From the collection of an European gentleman, acquired on the art market
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