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Provenance: Collection of Nicholas Kronwall
London: Faber and Faber (1955)
The melon-shaped bead is formed from hammered gold sheet over clay
Perth2004 Divas of the Desert
2017 - AUG 10
A Royal Egyptian Glazed Steatite Scarab for Amasis II, Dynasty 26, ca. 570 – 526 BCE Medium - Silver Provenance: Collection of Nicholas KronwallPierced longitudinally for suspension, the scarab is finely carved from steatite then glazed and fired to a soft green, the back has a single suture and pronotum lines with markings on the elytra. The legs are naturalistically carved and deeply incised. The base is inscribed Khnemibre, the prenomen of Amasis (Ahmose) II of Dynasty 26, whose reign marks the high point of the 26th Dynasty in terms of wealth and prosperity. The last great ruler of Egypt