Bidspirit auction | EGYPTIAN GREEN FAIENCE SCARAB IN

EGYPTIAN GREEN FAIENCE SCARAB IN GOLD RING - New Kingdom, Ca. 1550 - 1069 BC. An Egyptian green faience with hieroglyphics decorated on both sides. Side A has two registers of script, with side B depicting a winged scaraboid set in a gold frame connected to a 18 ct gold ring, possibly later. This piece has undergone X-ray fluorescence analysis to confirm the metallurgical content suggesting its ancient origin and lack of modern trace elements. Size: D:14.88mm / US: 3 3/4 / UK: H; Weight: 4.9g Provenance: Property of a London gallery; previously in a collection of a North London gentleman; formerly in a collection of Mrs B. Ellison, a deceased former member of the Egyptian Exploration Fund, bought from the 1940s, Cairo and London. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.