410, Lot: 1008. Estimate $200. Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Mottled green serpentine scarab. Egypt, Third Intermediate Period, 1070-664 BC. Scarab with well-defined details and piercing for suspension. On face, a sphinx reclines below an ankh (“life”) and stylized vulture design (22x17mm). Some loss of material at top of face. Scarce material.

Ex Christie’s London ‘Fine Antiquities’ (10 July 1991), lot 85 (part of).