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LOT 0453
Egyptian Faience Scarab in Gold Swivel Ring
SECOND INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, CIRCA 1650 B.C.
1 in. (1.88 grams, 23.40 mm overall, 15.97 mm internal diameter (approximate size British K 1/2, USA 5 1/2, Europe 10.58, Japan 10)).
With flared shoulders and granulation detailing, applied filigree band, turquoise-coloured faience scarab in swivel mount, hieroglyphs to the underside.
ProvenanceFrom a family collection formed 1900-1950; by descent circa 1980.
LiteratureCf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, items 39-42, for type.
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