287, Lot: 826. Estimate $250. Sold for $150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

2nd Intermediate Period. Circa 1650-1550 BC. Steatite scarab (17x12mm). Three recesses deeply carved on the back, once filled with paste or faience inlay. Base engraved with a scroll with lotus buds above and below. Some chips, trace of glaze, pierced for mounting. Rare.

From the Dr. John N. Winnie Collection. Purchased from Royal Athena Galleries on 30 May 1997.