An Egyptian Faience Frog Scaraboid

New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, 1550-1307 B.C.

Length 5/8 inch (1.7 cm).

Provenance:

Art Market, Europe.

Private Collection, New York, acquired in the 1960s-1970s.

Aphrodite Ancient Art, New York, Holiday Auction, 12 December 2016, Lot 152

The underside of the base is inscribed in hieroglyphs reading, The good God Men-Kheper-Re, the prenomen of Thutmose IV, the eighth Pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty.

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An Egyptian Faience Frog Scaraboid

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