Ancient Egyptian Faience Scarab and a pair of applied

and a pair of applied loop handles extending from the shoulder to the neck

acquired from art dealer Bettina Schwimmer

The vessel exhibits beautiful natural iridescence

Thermoluminescence testing indicates that the head is a later historic replacement dating to approximately the 18th–19th century

Ex: Old United Kingdom private collection

Ancient Egyptian Faience Scarab and a pair of appliedLate Period, c. 1000500 BCE** An authentic Ancient Egyptian faience scarab amulet dating to the Late Period, approximately 1000500 BCE. This finely modeled example is formed in vibrant turquoise blue glazed faience, a quartz based ceramic traditionally used in Egypt for sacred and amuletic objects. The scarab is carefully carved with naturalistic anatomical details including a domed back, defined clypeus, incised thorax line, and delineated wing