An Egyptian Faience Scarab
Sale 1035 - Antiquities and Ancient Art: A Study
May 26, 2022
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$1,500 -
2,500
Lot Description
An Egyptian Faience Scarab
Late Period, 26th-30th Dynasty, 664-343 B.C.
Length 1 inch (3 cm).
Provenance:
Mr. & Mrs. Goddard Dubois, acquired in Egypt in 1900-1907; thence by descent.
Exhibited:
California, San Diego Museum of Man, 1968.
Note:
For a similar example of a faience scarab with a naturalistic underside, see the Metropolitan Museum of Art (Inv. no. 89.2.398).
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