Amuletic jewelled scarab

Egyptian

British Museum

circa 600 BC

Jewel in the form of a scarab beetle. Its back is decorated with cloisons in a pattern of horizonal and vertical stripes frilled with dark blue enamel. The underside has a tube which was used for attachment to a mummy.

• Medium: gold, enamel
• Dimensions: length: 2.8cm
• Art Fund Grant: £20000 ( Total: £46,000)
• ArtFunded in: 1999
• Vendor: Charles Ede

Provenance

Collection of Comtesse Behague; French private collection; current vendor

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