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ClassificationsAncient Egyptian Art

Scarab with Running Spirals

AAT Object Form/Functiongems (worked stones)

AAT Object Form/Functionscarabs (carvings)

Place CreatedEgypt, Africa

CultureEgyptian

PeriodMiddle Kingdom

Date1980-1760 BCE

MediumQuartz (carnelian)

Credit LineEgyptian Purchase Fund

Dimensions3/4 x 1/2 in. (1.9 x 1.3 cm)

Object number2008.001.016

Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Gallery, 2008 - Present
Published ReferencesSotheby's New York, Antiquities (December 5, 2007), 142, lot 117.
MCCM Newsletter, March - May 2008.

ProvenanceEx coll. Natacha Rambova (1897-1966), California. Ex coll. Professor Donald P. Hansen (1932-2007), New York, New York. Purchased by MCCM from Sotheby's New York, December 5, 2007, lot 117 (part).

Status

On view

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