Scarab with a Sphinx Set in a Swivel Ring

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

Exhibitions

• Jewelry - Ancient to Modern. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1979-1980.

Provenance Charles Newton-Robinson, London, by 1909, [mode of acquistion 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.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters, 1909