Description:

Ancient Egypt, New Kingdom, 18th to 20th Dynasty, ca. 1550 to 1077 BCE. A mold-formed faience scarab pendant from the New Kingdom period, covered in lustrous layers of brilliant blue glaze. The top of the ovoid pendant exhibits insectile features including a folded wing carapace, slender legs, and a petite head with a fan-shaped clypeus; a suspension hole is oriented lengthwise through the body. Centered along the bottom is a recessed image of an ankh - an ancient symbol for life or eternal life - flanked by a pair of royal uraeus cobras (plural uraei). Size: 0.625" L x 0.4" W (1.6 cm x 1 cm)

Provenance: private Toronto, Ontario, Canada collection, by descent, acquired in Egypt in 1894 to 1896

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#167130

  • Condition: Minor nicks and abrasions to topside and bottom, with light encrustations, otherwise intact and very good. Wonderful preservation to hieroglyphs on bottom as well as blue glaze pigment throughout.

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