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Scarab with a Doe and a Fawn
4th-3rd century BCE (Classical-Hellenistic)
carnelian
This scarab bears an image of a doe and a fawn carved in intaglio. The doe is in profile to the right, and the small fawn is in profile to the left below her. A simple line border surrounds the image.
Provenance
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Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Measurements
Overall: 5/8 in. (1.6 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
42.477