Bidspirit auction | EGYPTIAN FAIENCE SCARAB IN GOLD

EGYPTIAN FAIENCE SCARAB IN GOLD SWIVEL RING - Late Period, Ca. 664 - 332 BC. A green glazed faience scarab modelled with naturalistic features and a flat underside engraved with a hieroglyphic inscription. It is set within an oval-shaped gold frame attached to a solid hoop, allowing it to swivel within the setting. 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: 4.27gProvenance: Private Swiss collection; Ex. 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.