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CIVILIZATION | Egyptian |
PERIOD | Third Intermediate-Late Period |
DATE | circa 1070-332 B.C. |
MATERIAL | Glass |
MOUNTED | No |
Cobalt blue in color, formed upside-down in a mold, the details of the carapace incised, then polished. Traces of bitumen remain.
Glass scarabs more than one inch in length from Egypt's dynastic period are extraordinarily rare. Among the handful known are single examples in the Israel Museum, the Toledo Museum and the British Museum.
In the late collection of Egyptologist Gustave Jéquier (1868-1946), Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
ex. Collection of Billy Jamieson (d. 2011), Canada.
Formerly in a Toronto Private Collection, Canada.
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CATEGORY | Egyptian |
PERIOD | Third Intermediate-Late Period |
DATE | circa 1070-332 B.C. |
MATERIAL | |
MOUNTED | No |