Bidspirit auction | HUGE EGYPTIAN BLACK STONE HEART

HUGE EGYPTIAN BLACK STONE HEART SCARAB WITH HIEROGLYPHIC INSCRIPTION - New Kingdom, Ca. 1550 - 1069 BC. A black stone heart scarab carved with a small head, the prothorax divided from the elytra by a transverse ridge, the wing cases divided by a central line. The flat underside is engraved with a hieroglyphic inscription in six horizontal registers. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 10.130.1644. Size: 63mm x 46mm; Weight: 86g Provenance: Private London collection; formerly in M. Ebnother collection, Switzerland, 1980s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.