EGYPTIAN CARNELIAN SCARAB. Late Period, Ca. 664 - 332 BC. A carnelian scarab with a smooth base, pierced longitudinally. The domed back shows a shallow clypeal notch and two incised arcs for the pronotum, with the elytral divisions left plain. For similar see: Christie's, Online Auction 20996, Masterpiece in Miniature: Ancient Engraved Gems, formerly in S. Sangiorgi Collection, Part III, Lot 9. Size: 14mm x 12mm; Weight: 1.7g Provenance: Property of a London gallery; previously in a collection of a North London gentleman; formerly in a collection of Mrs B. Ellison, a deceased former member of the Egyptian Exploration Fund, bought from the 1940s, Cairo and London.