37 - SWIVEL RING IN GOLD SET WITH A GLAZED SOAPSTONE SCARAB

SWIVEL RING IN GOLD SET WITH A GLAZED SOAPSTONE SCARAB Gold, glazed soapstone Scarab length: 1.8 cm — Total weight: 5.88 g Egypt, Second Intermediate Period – New Kingdom, c. 17th–11th century B.C. Swivel ring with a tubular band of gold leaf, the ends adorned with spherical beads and coiled gold wire, the pin passing through the scarab. Scarab with a detailed back, the pronotum and elytra delineated by incisions, the plate set in a gold mount. Plate engraved in intaglio with a pharaoh on his chariot drawn by a horse. For comparable examples, see two scarab beetles depicting the king on his chariot at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (inv. 66.980 and 66.986), and three scarab rings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (inv. 10.130.957, 30.8.416, and 15.171, the latter inscribed with the name of Aouserrê Apophis). A gold swivel ring set with a glazed steatite scarab Swivel ring with a tubular hoop of sheet gold, the ends decorated with spherical beads and coiled gold wire, the pin passing through the scarab. The scarab has a detailed back, with the pronotum and elytra delineated by incised lines; the base is set in a gold collet. The base is engraved in intaglio with a pharaoh in his chariot drawn by a horse. For parallels, compare two scarabs depicting a king in a chariot in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (accession nos. 66.980 and 66.986), and three scarab finger rings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (accession nos. 10.130.957, 30.8.416, and 15.171; the last is inscribed for Auserre Apophis).