Egyptian Carved Stone Scarab
Egyptian Carved Stone Scarab
1st millennium B.C. With textured carapace and detailed head and legs; underside blank. Cf. Schulz, R., Khepereru – Scarabs. Scarabs, Scaraboids, and Plaques from Egypt and the Ancient Near East in the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Oakville CT, 2007, pl. 18, no. 124, for similar. 159 grams, 63 mm (2 1/2 in.).
Acquired on the German art market, 1989-1995. with The Museum Gallery, 19 Bury Place, London, WC1, UK, 1998-2003. Property of a London based academic, 2003-present.
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Egyptian Carved Stone Scarab
1st millennium B.C. With textured carapace and detailed head and legs; underside blank. Cf. Schulz, R., Khepereru – Scarabs. Scarabs, Scaraboids, and Plaques from Egypt and the Ancient Near East in the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Oakville CT, 2007, pl. 18, no. 124, for similar. 159 grams, 63 mm (2 1/2 in.).
Acquired on the German art market, 1989-1995. with The Museum Gallery, 19 Bury Place, London, WC1, UK, 1998-2003. Property of a London based academic, 2003-present.
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