Description:

Egypt, Late Dynastic to Ptolemaic Period, ca. 664 to 30 BCE. A pair of hand-carved steatite scarabs covered in green glaze that are affixed to modern 14K+ gold earring settings. Each scarab has insectile topside features as well as inscribed hieroglyphs depicting a bird, a cobra, and a scarab within a cartouche border. Each earring setting is stamped with "14K." Size (each scarab): 0.56" L x 0.41" W (1.4 cm x 1 cm); (w/ gold setting): 1.16" H (2.9 cm); gold quality: 59.35% to 59.41% (equivalent to 14K+); total weight: 4.4 grams

Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection; ex-collection of an influential family, Washington, DC, USA from the 1990s and earlier

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#171602

  • Condition: Wearable as shown and constructed in modern times. Scarabs are ancient; gold settings are modern. Scarabs have minor abrasions, light encrustations, and softening to some inscribed hieroglyphs, otherwise intact and very good. Nice preservation to green glaze.

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