A BRIGHT BLUE GLAZED COMPOSITION WINGED SCARAB, with detailed wing case and wings, pierced for attachment and with a ribbed suspension loop above, Late Period (712-332 B.C.)

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A BRIGHT BLUE GLAZED COMPOSITION WINGED SCARAB, with detailed wing case and wings, pierced for attachment and with a ribbed suspension loop above, Late Period (712-332 B.C.)
3½in. (9cm.) across

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Reputedly given by Howard Carter to the grandmother of the present owner during a visit by her to Tutankhamun's burial chamber in the Valley of the Kings at Thebes during 1924-25

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