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All auctions / Jewellery & Gems / EGYPTIAN GLAZED STEATITE SCARAB WITH VEGETAL MOTIF IN SILVER RING


Middle Kingdom to New Kingdom, Ca. 2055 - 1290 BC. A pale turquoise-glazed steatite scarab, finely modelled with incised anatomical details. The underside is engraved with a symmetrical arrangement of radiating and spiral motifs. It is mounted as the swivel bezel of a possibly later silver ring. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 16.10.472. Size: D:20.98mm / US: 11 3/8 / UK: W 1/2; Weight: 5.3g Provenance: From a private UK collection; London market acquisition; earlier part of a Swiss collection spanning the 1980s�2007. This piece is accompanied by a report from Lisa Sartini, Egyptologist PHD of Chimera Heritage Consultants.
Estimate:£200
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