Intaglio Seal with Oared Ship under Sail

AAT Object Form/Functiongems (worked stones)

AAT Object Form/Functionseals (artifacts)

AAT Object Techniqueintaglios (sculptural objects)

CultureMinoan

PeriodMiddle Minoan II

Dateca. 1700-1500 BCE

MediumBurned carnelian

Credit LineCarlos Collection of Ancient Art

Dimensions5/8 x 1/4 in. (1.6 x 0.7 cm)

Object number2010.013.001

Exhibition HistoryMonsters, Demons & Winged Beasts: Composite Creatures in the Ancient World, Michael C. Carlos Museum, February 5 - June 19, 2011
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2013 - June 19, 2014
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, July 2014 - Present
Published ReferencesVictor E. G. Kenna (ed.), Corpus der minoischen und mykenischen Siegel VIII: Die englischen Privatsammlungen (Berlin: Gebr. Mann, 1966), 138, no. 106.
Christie's London, Fine Antiquities (6 July 1994), 164-165, lot 494.
John Boardman, Greek Gems and Finger Rings: Early Bronze Age to Late Classical (London: Thames and Hudson, 2001[1970]), 44-45, 95, figure 99.
Michael C. Carlos Museum: Highlights of the Collections (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 2011), 58-59.

ProvenanceEx coll. Norman Colville (1893-1974), United Kingdom, by 1966. Ex private collection, Europe, by 1994. With Christie's London, July 6, 1994, lot 494. Purchased by MCCM from Phoenix Ancient Art, New York, New York.

Status

On view

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