287, Lot: 854. Estimate $250. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Second Intermediate Period. Circa 1650-1550. Steatite scarab (14x9mm). Base engraved with a human figure holding a branch; all enclosed into a rope-like pattern. Intact, once glazed, pierced for mounting.

From the Dr. John N. Winnie Collection. Purchased from Arte Primitivo on 5 February 2002.