The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of September 27, 2023

Scarab

1900–1914

Egypt, Modern forgery

Blue-glazed steatite

Overall: 1 cm (3/8 in.)

Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1914.775

Location

not on view

Provenance
Purchased from Mohammed Mohasseb and Son, Luxor, by Lucy Olcott Perkins through Henry W. Kent
Citations
Berman, Lawrence Michael and Kenneth J. Bohač. Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art. [Cleveland, OH]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 559, cat. no. 506
Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1914.775