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Scarab with a Hawk-Headed Figure Set in a Swivel Ring
This lapis lazuli scarab bears an image of a hawk-headed figure wearing a ram's-horn crown carved in intaglio on the underside. In the figure's left hand is a staff from which a lotus blossom dangles.
Provenance
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H. Hoffmann Collection, until 1899 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Charles Newton-Robinson, London [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Charles Newton-Robinson Sale, Christie, Manson and Woods, London, June 22, 1909, lot 3; Dikran Kelekian, Paris and New York, 1909, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1909, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 1979-1980 | Jewelry - Ancient to Modern. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
Geographies
Egypt (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 7/16 x W: 11/16 x L: 13/16 in. (1.1 x 1.7 x 2.1 cm); Max. outer Diam: 15/16 in. (2.4 cm); Max. inner Diam: 7/8 in. (2.15 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1909
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
42.151