Antique Egyptian Blue Pectoral Scarab

Item Details

An antique Egyptian ceramic pectoral scarab cast in low profile. The scarab has eight small through holes, possibly for mounting. Dated between the the Twenty-Fifth Dynasty (760 BCE – 656 BCE) and the Late Period (664 BCE – 332 BCE).

1938.0320

Provenance
Collected in the late 19th and early 20th century and donated to a Private Midwestern Institution in 1938
Sold to enhance and preserve the Institution’s mission-relevant Collections

Condition

generally good, some older cracking in stone

Dimensions

Item #

17COL077-289