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LOT 0512
Egyptian Faience Scarab
LATE-PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 664-30 B.C.
1 1/4 in. (11.14 grams, 31 mm).
Anatomical detailing on the carapace and head, underside with a sinuous line surrounding a hieroglyph; pierced longitudinally.
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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