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Scarab with Neoptolemos and Polyxena Set in a Swivel Ring
first half 5th century BCE (Late Archaic-early Classical)
carnelian; mount: silver
This scarab bears an image of the Greek warrior Neoptolemos, on the right, and the Trojan princess Polyxena, on the left, carved in intaglio on the underside.
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.
Charles Newton-Robinson, London, by 1909, [mode of acquisition unknown]; Charles Newton-Robinson sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 22 June 1909, lot 105; Dikran Kelekian, Paris and New York, 1909, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1909, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Measurements
Overall: 9/16 in. (1.5 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1909
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.
42.146