Bidspirit auction | EGYPTIAN GOLD RING WITH INSCRIBED

EGYPTIAN GOLD RING WITH INSCRIBED FAIENCE SCARAB - Ca. 400 - 300 BC. A gold ring with a round hoop tubular section and a polished finish, connected to a gold bezel securing an inscribed faience scarab. For similar see: Bagot J., El legado de Hefesto: A Memorial to a Private Collection of Ancient Rings and Glyptics, n. 70. Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition. Size: D:18.54mm / US: 8 1/2 / UK: Q 1/2; Weight: 4.26g Provenance: Property of a London gallery; previously in a collection of a North London gentleman; formerly in a collection of Mrs B. Ellison, a deceased former member of the Egyptian Exploration Fund, bought from the 1940s, Cairo and London.