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Sard scaraboid sealstone

Artist: Greek

Location: Fitzwilliam Museum

Date: 500 BC

Materials: gold & stone

Grant:

Amount Paid: £500 (Total: £2,000)

Vendor: Robin Symes

Review number: 2610 (1976)

Provenance:
The Hon. Robert Erskine.

Description:
The stone is carved in intaglio with the figure of an athlete picking up a discus, and pivoted in a gold ring.

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