EASTERN GREEK AGATE SCARAB WITH RIDER ON THE BULL AND FISH

Ca. 400 - 300 BC. A banded agate scarab with the underside engraved with a rider seated upon the back of a bull, the animal advancing to the left. A large fish is engraved in the exergue beneath the bull. The upper side is carved with the head, thorax and wing cases rendered in broad incised divisions and the legs cut along the sides. Size: 23mm x 17mm; Weight: 5.7g Provenance: Private UK collection; formerly H.G. collection; acquired from A. Kotllar, Paris, French art market, 1970–2006.