Ancient Egyptian / Graeco-Roman Banded Agate Scarab in Gold Swivel Ring
Ancient Egyptian / Graeco-Roman Banded Agate Scarab in Gold Swivel Ring
Ancient Egyptian / Graeco-Roman Banded Agate Scarab in Gold Swivel Ring
Ancient Egyptian / Graeco-Roman Banded Agate Scarab in Gold Swivel Ring
Ancient Egyptian / Graeco-Roman Banded Agate Scarab in Gold Swivel Ring
Ancient Egyptian / Graeco-Roman Banded Agate Scarab in Gold Swivel Ring
Ancient Egyptian / Graeco-Roman Banded Agate Scarab in Gold Swivel Ring
Ancient Egyptian / Graeco-Roman Banded Agate Scarab in Gold Swivel Ring
Ancient Egyptian / Graeco-Roman Banded Agate Scarab in Gold Swivel Ring
Ancient Egyptian / Graeco-Roman Banded Agate Scarab in Gold Swivel Ring
Ancient Egyptian / Graeco-Roman Banded Agate Scarab in Gold Swivel Ring
Ancient Egyptian / Graeco-Roman Banded Agate Scarab in Gold Swivel Ring Ancient Egyptian / Graeco-Roman Banded Agate Scarab in Gold Swivel Ring Ancient Egyptian / Graeco-Roman Banded Agate Scarab in Gold Swivel Ring Ancient Egyptian / Graeco-Roman Banded Agate Scarab in Gold Swivel Ring Ancient Egyptian / Graeco-Roman Banded Agate Scarab in Gold Swivel Ring

Ancient Egyptian / Graeco-Roman Banded Agate Scarab in Gold Swivel Ring

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Scarab: Late Period – Ptolemaic / Graeco-Roman, ca. 6th – 1st Century BCE; Mount: 19th-Century Revivalist Gold;
An ancient hardstone scarab carved from translucent, warm honey-orange and milky-white banded agate, mounted as a swivel ring in a finely crafted 19th-century archaeological-revival gold setting. The beetle is crisply modeled in high relief with a semicircular clypeus, a single incised line separating the pronotum from the wing cases, a central longitudinal suture, and finely notched legs along the lower perimeter, while the flat underside is left plain in the tradition of protective amuletic scarabs. The stone exhibits natural internal veining, subtle mineral inclusions, and an opaque pale natural matrix patch on the right wing case, attesting to its antiquity. It is secured by four small folded claws within a plain oval gold box bezel suspended on a riveted axle pin, with the tapering round-section shank looping through the terminals and neatly coiled in tight wire-wrapping along the shoulders in faithful imitation of ancient Mediterranean goldsmithing.Ring size 6.5.

Acquired at a NY decadents estate.

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