518, A DOUBLE WINGED AND TAIL FEATHER WEARING PANTHEOS WITH THE FACE OF A BEARDED, OLD, BALDING MAN, HOLDING SCEPTRES, A WHIP AND A BEETLE (?). HE IS STANDING ON AN OUROBOROS. A SCARAB BEETLE IN THE FIELD.
Description: A DOUBLE WINGED AND TAIL FEATHER WEARING PANTHEOS WITH THE FACE OF A BEARDED, OLD, BALDING MAN, HOLDING SCEPTRES, A WHIP AND A BEETLE (?). HE IS STANDING ON AN OUROBOROS. A SCARAB BEETLE IN THE FIELD.
Last Recorded Collection: Michel, S.: Die magischen Gemmen im Britischen Museum (2004): 356, NO.624
Previous Collections:
Townley, (Mr. Charles): 297/298
Tassie, J.; Raspe, R.E.: A Descriptive Catalogue of a General Collection of Ancient and Modern Engraved Gems,... (1791): 46,NO.518,TRAY 8.2, 8.4