PAIR OF EGYPTIAN BLUE FAIENCE SCARABS. Third Intermediate Period - Late Period, Ca. 1069 - 332 BC. A pair of faience scarabs, both rendered in a blue glaze with detailed linear markings across the elytra. Each displays a sculpted head and clypeal plates, with the larger piece incorporating additional decorative elements around the edges and an extended notched base with a suspension hole. Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition. For similar see: The Brooklyn Museum, Accession Number 49.28a-c; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 89.2.398. Size: 19-25mm x 13-20mm; Weight: 7g Provenance: Private UK collection; Ex. European collection formed since the 1970s.