Bidspirit auction | EGYPTIAN STEATITE SCARAB WITH PAPYRUS

EGYPTIAN STEATITE SCARAB WITH PAPYRUS PLANT - Second IntermediatePeriod / Hyksos period, Ca. 1700 - 1550 BCAn Egyptian Second IntermediatePeriod / Hyksos period hand-carved steatite scarab. It has a singleborder line and a depiction of a papyrus plant. The plant is set on a basket (hieroglyph for “lord”) from which four protective serpents (uraei) emanate. On the back, only the head of the scarab beetle isshown in detail, while the beginning of thewings are merely demarcated. For similar see: MET Museum Accession Number: 22.1.311. Studied by PD Dr. habil. Pieter Gert van der Veen, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz.Size: 17mm x 12mm; Weight: 2.3gProvenance: Private collection, London, UK. ex. F. Piket 1980s, Netherlands.