An ancient Egyptian blue faience winged scarab, the beetle finely articulated with anatomical details; both the wings and beetle pierced for attachment.
Late Period.
Ca. 715 - 30 BC.
Width: 6 in. (15.4 cm); height of scarab: 2 1/8 in. (5.5 cm).
cf.: C. Andrews, Amulets of Ancient Egypt, (Texas, 1994), cover and fig. 58a.
Formerly in the collection of Jerome Eisenberg, New York.
