Scarab with a Sphinx Set in a Swivel Ring

Scarab: 1504-1388 BCE; Ring: Modern (New Kingdom, Dynasty 18)

1.6 cm 1.1 cm 2.2 cm

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On the base of this carnelian scarab a sphinx wearing a royal war crown reclines over the body of a fallen enemy.

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Charles Newton-Robinson, London, by 1909, [mode of acquisition unknown]; Charles Newton-Robinson Sale, Christie, Manson and Woods, London, June 22, 1909, lot 1; Dikran Kelekian, Paris and New York, 1909, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1909, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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