Bidspirit auction | EGYPTIAN STEATITE SCARAB IN GOLD

EGYPTIAN STEATITE SCARAB IN GOLD RING - New Kingdom, Ca. 1550 - 1069 BC. A steatite scarab incised on the flat underside with a vertical arrangement of hieroglyphic signs. It is pierced longitudinally and mounted in a possibly later gold swivel ring with wire-twisted terminals. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 36.3.3 (shape). Size: D:17.53mm / US: 7 1/4 / UK: O; Weight: 4g Provenance: Private London collection; formerly in South German private collection 1980s-early1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.