EGYPTIAN GLAZED STEATITE SCARAB WITH HIEROGLYPHICS IN SILVER RING

New Kingdom to Late Period, Ca. 1550 - 332 BC. A faience scarab set in a silver ring, with a domed back featuring a single incised line between promotes and elytra and a single large black-painted lined sutured. The legs are incised and naturalistic. The base decoration is a decorative composition made up of two baskets joined by a double-spiral element.The whole is enclose by a single incised line. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 26.7.136. Size: D:21.69mm / US: 12 3/8 / UK: Y 1/2; Weight: 4.4g 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.