About the Artwork
Scarab
between 332 and 30 BCE
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Egyptian
Egyptian
Dark blue transluscent glass, incised
Overall: 1/2 × 3/8 inches (1.3 × 1 cm)
Glyptic Art
African Art
Collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts
1991.13
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Provenance
1991-present, found in the collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Cooney, J.D. CATALOGUE OF EGYPTIAN ANTIQUITIES IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM, vol. IV Glass. London, 1976, no. 267.
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Egyptian, Scarab, between 332 and 30 BCE, dark blue transluscent glass, incised. Detroit Institute of Arts, Collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts, 1991.13.
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