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LOT 0480
Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
LARGE EGYPTIAN BLUE FAIENCE SCARAB
750-332 B.C.
2 in. (19.5 grams, 50 mm).
750-332 B.C.
2 in. (19.5 grams, 50 mm).
With boldly indicated head, clypeus, prothorax, and elytra; flat underside; holes at the head, back, and sides for attachment.
PROVENANCE:
with Beaussant Lefèvre, 17 November 2015, no.48.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
PUBLISHED:
Cf. Lacovara, P., and Markowitz, Y.J., Jewels of the Nile: Ancient Egyptian Treasures from the Worcester Art Museum, Worcester MA, 2020,p.122 no.20, for a similar scarab.
FOOTNOTES:
Scarabs were often used as funerary amulets and were believed to symbolise the rebirth and regeneration of the deceased.
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