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LOT 0008

Large Egyptian Red Stone Scarab

LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.

1 5/8 in. (56.6 grams, 42 mm).

Plano-convex in section, carved in the half-round scarab with segmented carapace; underside plain.

Provenance

with Archaeologia, Switzerland, before 1983.
Ex private North American collection.
London private collection, 2016.

CONDITION

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LOT 0008

Large Egyptian Red Stone Scarab

Sold for (Inc. bp): £468

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