Bidspirit auction | EGYPTIAN GOLD RING WITH LAPIS

EGYPTIAN GOLD RING WITH LAPIS LAZULI SCARAB - Late Period, Ca. 664 - 332 BC. An Egyptian lapis lazuli scarab pendant depicting insect features such as a little head with a clypeus, thin legs tucked beneath the flat body, and a folded wing carapace. For similar see: British Museum Registration number 1884,0714.222. Size: D:16.92mm / US: 6 1/2 / UK: M 1/2; Weight: 2.8g 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.