Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 2742. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 June 2006.  Sold For $330. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

[Egyptian artifacts] EGYPT. Steatite scarab. Ramses II. Circa 1279-1212 BC. Length 19mm. Carved open-work cream-colored steatite scarab, the base with cartouche of Ramses II. Holed for wearing. Cf. Newberry pl. XXXIV, 23. Choice condition, light tan faience glaze, remarkable detail to scarab beetle.

From the Dr. Robert B. Beckett Collection.