LARGE EGYPTIAN FAIENCE HEART SCARAB

Late Period, Ca. 664 - 332 BC. A blue-green faience heart scarab with a domed back modelled in low relief, the clypeus raised and the pronotum set off from the elytra by a transverse groove, the elytra marked by three longitudinal channels. The base is flat with rounded ends and a series of small perforations around the perimeter for attachment. For similar see: National Museum Liverpool Accession number M14143 Size: 45mm x 35mm; Weight: 21g Provenance: Property of a London gallery; previously in a collection of a North London gentleman; formerly in a collection of Mrs B. Ellison, a deceased former member of the Egyptian Exploration Fund, bought from the 1940s, Cairo and London.