Three Egyptian rings with swivel scarabs

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Three Egyptian rings with swivel scarabs
Early New Kingdom, circa 1550-1400 B.C.
Comprising a lapis lazuli and gold ring, the lapis scarab engraved with an ankh and a neb-sign, the tubular shank bound with wire with spherical terminals to either side of the scarab; a steatite scarab bound in gold and engraved with a repeat scroll motif, with separate 'U' shaped silver shank; and a green glazed steatite scarab, the underside with the cartouche for Thutmosis III with epithet 'the Lower Egyptian King is established', set on a bronze shank, 2.5cm-2.7cm wide (3)

Provenance:
Lapis scarab: Dr. Jan Beekmans (1927 – 2008) collection, Borken.
Private collection, Europe, acquired from the above October 2001.
Steatite scarab: Gaston Maspero (1846-1916) collection.
Anonymous sale; François de Ricqlès, Paris, 29-30 September 1997, lot 324 (part).
Private collection, Europe, acquired from the above sale.
Green steatite scarab: Fürsten von Hohenzollern collection, Germany.
London art market.
Anonymous sale; Bonhams, London, 8 November 2001, lot 268 (part).
Private collection, Europe, acquired at the above sale.

Published:
C.A.R. Andrews and J. van Dijk (eds), Objects for Eternity: Egyptian Antiquities from the W. Arnold Meijer Collection, Mainz, 2006, p. 93-95, no. 214 a, d and e.