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| Keywords: Egyptian - Ring Bezel - Walters 4238 - Back.jpg A scarab made of turquoise-colored glazed steatite perforated longitudinally and probably once mounted as a ring The elaborate gold frame around the bottom was made of thick sheet gold to which two strands of twisted gold wire flanking notched gold wire were added The free movement of the interlocking scroll pattern carved into the base of the scarab witness the influence of Cretan art on Egypt of the period The authenticity of this piece is questioned ca 1850 1648 BC late Middle Kingdom steatite with blue glaze gold cm 1 1 1 8 2 4 accession number 42 38 33335 Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1913 Jewelry - Ancient to Modern The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1979-1980 Objects of Adornment Five Thousand Years of Jewelry from the Walters Art Gallery Baltimore Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum New York; Chrysler Museum of Art Norfolk; Carnegie Museum of Art Pittsburgh; San Antonio Museum of Art San Antonio; Philbrook Museum of Art Tulsa; Honolulu Academy of Arts Honolulu; New Orleans Museum of Art New Orleans; Milwaukee Art Museum Milwaukee; Minneapolis Institute of Arts Minneapolis; Toledo Museum of Art Toledo; The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Sarasota 1984-1987 Jewelry from the Walters Art Museum and the Zucker Family Collection The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1987 place of origin Egypt Walters Art Museum license Ancient Egyptian scarabs in the Walters Art Museum Ancient Egyptian jewellery in the Walters Art Museum | ||||
